MacIan
Bands: RKRKRKY · Stripes: R K R K R K LO R K R K R K LO
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=5214
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5214
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 3390
Thread count
DR/8 K16 DR8 K16 DR24 K4 DY/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| DY | #D09800 #D09800 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.12 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- bodog.com Corporate Tartan Tartan Number: 6889. Earliest known date: 2006 Corporate brand name and colours, red, black and silver grey used to support brand identification. Company owner and executive is Scottish. First tartan to be name after a web site and first ever tartan for Costa Rica. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.45
- Lumsden Boghead — ΔT 1.51
- Wotherspoon — ΔT 1.51
- Unidentified #59 — ΔT 1.53
- Haig & Haig Whisky — ΔT 1.56
- Clanton (Personal) — ΔT 1.59
- MacDonald of Sleat — ΔT 1.59
- Lumsden of Kintore (Clan?) — ΔT 1.60
- Rajput — ΔT 1.60
- MacBean of Tomatin (Clan) — ΔT 1.62
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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