MacLeish
In pattern KBKGRGKY.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2620
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2002 — MacLeish (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2002 — MacLeish (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Thread count
DY/8 K4 G24 R12 G8 K10 DB24 K/36

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #1C0070 #1C0070 | B #2C4084 | 0.14 |
| DY | #BC8C00 #BC8C00 | Y #E8C000 | 0.16 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006400 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #C80000 | 0.00 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Brodie Hunting Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1334. Earliest known date: 1891 The Hunting Brodie first appears in Whyte's first edition of 1891, published by W. and A.K. Johnston, at which time it seems to have been a recent design. D.W. Stewart remarks in his book, 'Old And Rare..'(1893), "of late a green tartan has been sold as undress or hunting Brodie..." See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.57
- Scottish Tartan Society — ΔT 0.65
- Vosko Family Tartan Tartan Number: 373. Earliest known date: 1989 Designed for a wedding. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.70
- Williamson/Smart (Personal) — ΔT 0.71
- Rose Hunting — ΔT 0.80
- Rose Hunting Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1226. Earliest known date: 1831 First recorded in James Logan's, 'The Scottish Gael' in 1831. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.82
- Brodie Hunting — ΔT 0.85
- Wilson's No.176 — ΔT 0.90
- Nelson Mandela (Personal) — ΔT 0.91
- Campbell of Cawdor Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 2. Earliest known date: 1798 Campbell of Cawdor is one of Wilson's variations based on the military sett. It was originally a numbered pattern, acquiring the name 'Argyle' in 1798 and 'Argylle' in 1819. It is not until W. and A. Smith's work of 1850 that the full title is given, 'Campbell of Cawdor'. This sett is authorized by the present Clan Chief, MacCailien Mor. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.92
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 15726 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.
ID: /setts/s8/k36b24k10g8r12g24k4y8-b1c0070-g006818-k101010-rc80000-ybc8c00/