McCabe (2016)
Bands: BYGYRG · Stripes: DB LY DG LY R DG DB LY DG LY R DG
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=11461
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 11461
Thread count
DB/48 Y6 DG30 Y72 R6 DG/12

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #000080 #000080 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| DG | #003820 #003820 | G #006100 | 0.15 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
| Y | #FFF000 #FFF000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.12 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Black and White Golf — ΔT 0.85
- Cape Breton (yellow stripes) — ΔT 1.10
- Black & White Golf (Corporate) — ΔT 1.19
- Lawsons' Whisky — ΔT 1.24
- Thomson, Camel (Fashion) — ΔT 1.26
- Thompson Camel Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 2421. Earliest known date: 1967 Designed by Scotty Thompson. It it a simple colour variation on the usual blue Thompson, but is often confused with the Burberry Check. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.28
- Thomson Camel — ΔT 1.30
- Burberry (Genuine) — ΔT 1.31
- Barbour - Ancient — ΔT 1.33
- Hackett, William (Coatbridge) (Personal) — ΔT 1.34
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.
ID: /setts/s6/db8ly1dg5ly12r1dg2~x6/