MacKintosh Plaid
Bands: BRGRBR · Stripes: DB R DG R DB R DB R DG R DB R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2575
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2575
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 520
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 520
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
DB/2 R4 G12 R4 DB12 R/32

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #285800 #285800 | G #006100 | 0.03 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacKintosh, Plaid — ΔT 0.44
- MacKintosh #2 — ΔT 0.70
- Auld Reekie — ΔT 0.77
- MacKintosh — ΔT 0.77
- Grant of Lurg — ΔT 0.79
- MacKintosh 3 — ΔT 0.90
- MacKintosh D — ΔT 0.92
- MacKintosh 1 — ΔT 0.95
- Crawford (Clan) — ΔT 0.97
- MacKintosh — ΔT 0.97
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/r16db6r2dg6r2db1~x2/