Machair
Bands: BWBWBY · Stripes: DT W DT W DT LO DT W DT W DT LO
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2465
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1997 — Machair (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 1998 — Machair (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2465
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2430
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2430
Thread count
DB/32 LN10 DB8 LN18 DB32 LT/144

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #003C64 #003C64 | B #2A418A | 0.08 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| LT | #A08858 #A08858 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.21 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Stutterheim — ΔT 1.24
- Carlisle, Ancient — ΔT 1.26
- Ceredigion (Personal) — ΔT 1.34
- Loch Tummel Trade Tartan Tartan Number: 1751. Earliest known date: pre 2003 Nothing See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.40
- Pollock — ΔT 1.42
- Tiree Grey — ΔT 1.43
- Southern Lakes — ΔT 1.46
- Doune (District) — ΔT 1.49
- Doune District Tartan Tartan Number: 4707. Earliest known date: 01/01/2002 A colour variation of Stewart Bute. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.49
- MacMillan/Isetan — ΔT 1.50
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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