MacBean/MacElvain
Bands: BRGRBRK · Stripes: DB R DG R DB R K DB R DG R DB R K
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2296
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2296
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 519
Thread count
B/2 R8 G24 R6 B12 R24 K/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2C4084 #2C4084 | B #2A418A | 0.01 |
| G | #005020 #005020 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacQuarrie #6 — ΔT 0.54
- MacBean, MacElvain — ΔT 0.62
- MacDuff #4 — ΔT 0.66
- Geddes — ΔT 0.67
- James of Glencarr (Personal) — ΔT 0.77
- MacQuarrie LO — ΔT 0.77
- MacQuarrie 2 — ΔT 0.79
- Carrick (Strathmore) District Tartan Tartan Number: 3216. Earliest known date: c.1999 Sales help Princess Diana Memorial Trust See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.81
- Convention of the Baronage (Corp) — ΔT 0.82
- MacNaughton — ΔT 0.82
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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