MacLachlan #4
Bands: RWYGKWY · Stripes: R W LY DG K W LY R W LY DG K W LY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2584
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2584
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1710
Thread count
R/48 LN4 Y6 G32 K32 LN4 Y/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | #005020 #005020 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacLachlan Old Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1710. Earliest known date: 1790 It is the oldest MacLachlan tartan actually bearing the name. The sett has been refered to as Old MacLachlan, MacLachlan and Hunting MacLachlan. Although the sett did not appear in books until D.W. Stewart's Old & Rare Scottish Tartans of 1893, there are samples of it in the collections of Campbell of Craignish in 1790 and in the Highland Society of London (circa 1816). See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.27
- MacLachlan W — ΔT 0.72
- Caledonian Brewery (Corporate) — ΔT 0.73
- MacLachlan W — ΔT 0.95
- MacLachlan W — ΔT 0.95
- Caledonian Brewery — ΔT 0.97
- Bannockbane Brown #1 — ΔT 1.10
- Derry County Crest (Fashion) — ΔT 1.13
- Unnamed C18th - Pr Ch Ed Plaid? — ΔT 1.14
- Unidentified No 5 — ΔT 1.16
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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