MacAulay of Lewis
Bands: GKRKGKGW · Stripes: G K R K G K G W G K R K G K G W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2287
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1992 — MacAulay of Lewis (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1992 — MacAulay of Lewis (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2287
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6286
Thread count
G/12 K32 R6 K32 G56 K8 G24 W/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #F8F8F8 #F8F8F8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.00 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Strath Hallidale (Fashion) — ΔT 0.62
- Fitzpatrick Hunting — ΔT 0.71
- MacIver Hunting — ΔT 0.77
- MacKintosh Hunting — ΔT 1.01
- MacArthur (Variant) — ΔT 1.03
- Cameron Hunting — ΔT 1.04
- Sin-Cos (Corporate) — ΔT 1.05
- MacAulay Hunting — ΔT 1.11
- MacLean of Duart Hunting — ΔT 1.12
- Hopetoun — ΔT 1.13
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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