German MacLeod
Bands: WKGKBKRY · Stripes: LB K G K B K R LY LB K G K B K R LY
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1336
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/12/2005 — German MacLeod (register-of-tartans, record)
- 2005 December — German MacLeod (Corporate) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1336
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 6816
Thread count
LB/4 K2 G26 K12 B54 K4 R4 Y/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #1474B4 #1474B4 | B #2A418A | 0.15 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LB | #98C8E8 #98C8E8 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.18 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Nova Scotia (Province) — ΔT 0.68
- Heriot Watt University — ΔT 0.69
- Nova Scotia — ΔT 0.91
- Johnston, Diana Hunting (Personal) — ΔT 0.91
- Unidentified (ex Tony Murray) — ΔT 0.97
- Inkster (Name) — ΔT 0.99
- Canadian Centennial — ΔT 1.00
- Highland Glen (Corporate) — ΔT 1.05
- Caskie — ΔT 1.08
- 1314 (Corporate) — 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.
ID: /setts/s8/lb2k1g13k6b27k2r2ly2~x2/