MacKay Coat

Bands: KBKGYGK · Stripes: K DB K DG LY DG K K DB K DG LY DG K

This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 band tartan.

Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2501

Register references

External register numbers recorded for this tartan.

Variants

Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.

Thread count

K/2 B8 K8 G8 Y2 G8 K/8 Sett

Palette

Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.

ColourShadeBaseΔE (OKLab)
B#2C4084 #2C4084B #2A418A0.01
G#005020 #005020G #0061000.07
K#101010 #101010K #0000000.17
Y#E8C000 #E8C000Y #F2BF000.02

Sample pattern

Tartan detail

Nearest tartans

The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.

  1. Unidentified No 39 — ΔT 0.00
  2. Abercrombie (Wilsons No 2/64) — ΔT 0.89
  3. MacNeil of Colonsay — ΔT 0.90
  4. Unidentified No 30 — ΔT 0.95
  5. Graham of Montrose - 1850 (Clan) — ΔT 1.00
  6. Wilson's No 97 — ΔT 1.07
  7. Graham of Montrose #3 — ΔT 1.14
  8. MacCallum #2 — ΔT 1.15
  9. Durham District Tartan Tartan Number: 1089. Earliest known date: 1819 It was Wilson's practice to give the names of towns to many of his new designs. Maybe because the order came from there or because it was the name of the purchaser. There was a family of Durhams associated with the Royal Court in Edinburgh prior to the Union of the Crowns. Wilson was also a collector of tartans, receiving samples from his agents in the Highlands and from purchase orders from around the world. See 'Denholme' and 'Urquhart'. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.18
  10. MacLaggan — ΔT 1.18

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.

Unidentified No 39Abercrombie (Wilsons No 2/64)MacNeil of ColonsayUnidentified No 30Graham of Montrose - 1850 (Clan)Wilson's No 97Graham of Montrose #3MacCallum #2Durham District Tartan Tartan Number: 1089. Earliest known date: 1819 It was Wilson's practice to give the names of towns to many of his new designs. Maybe because the order came from there or because it was the name of the purchaser. There was a family of Durhams associated with the Royal Court in Edinburgh prior to the Union of the Crowns. Wilson was also a collector of tartans, receiving samples from his agents in the Highlands and from purchase orders from around the world. See 'Denholme' and 'Urquhart'. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015MacLaggan

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