MacQueen
Bands: KRKRKY · Stripes: K R K R K LY K R K R K LY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2736
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1842 — MacQueen (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 1842 — MacQueen (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2736
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1209
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1209
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
K/8 R24 K8 R24 K48 Y/4

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.
- Swanstrom (Personal) — ΔT 0.28
- Bodog.com — ΔT 0.71
- MacKeane (Clan?) — ΔT 0.76
- Brodie (Clan) — ΔT 0.80
- MacIver — ΔT 0.86
- Munro (Black and Red) — ΔT 0.87
- MacDonald of Ardnamurchan (Clan?) — ΔT 0.93
- Monmouth College — ΔT 1.02
- Unidentified Plaid #3 — ΔT 1.03
- Brodie (Clan) — ΔT 1.05
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/k2r6k2r6k12ly1~x4/