MacKeane
Bands: RKRKY · Stripes: R K R K LY R K R K LY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 5 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2512
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2512
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1608
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1608
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
R/8 K16 R24 K2 Y/2

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacGregor, Black (Personal) — ΔT 0.37
- Hopkins (Name) — ΔT 0.77
- Auld Reekie — ΔT 0.96
- Dunbar (District) — ΔT 0.97
- MacLeod Black & Red — ΔT 1.04
- MacQuarrie 5 — ΔT 1.10
- Glen Shiel (Fashion) — ΔT 1.15
- MacQuarrie #7 — ΔT 1.17
- Masai Shuka 15 (Artefact) — ΔT 1.17
- Haig & Haig Whisky (Corporate) — ΔT 1.17
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 14313 variants placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (44% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its page.
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