MacLeod (Snuffbox)
In pattern KYKRKYRYK.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2630
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1829 — MacLeod (Snuffbox) (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1829 — MacLeod Snuffbox - 1829 (Artefact) (tartans-authority, record)
Thread count
K/4 Y8 K16 R4 K16 Y8 R4 Y48 K/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #C80000 | 0.00 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #E8C000 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacLeod, Snuffbox — ΔT 0.58
- Baileville (Personal) — ΔT 0.71
- Baillieville Family Tartan Tartan Number: 2326. Earliest known date: Oct. 1882 By David R Gurney of Russell Gurney Weavers, Turiff, Aberdeen for Charles D. Fitzhardinge Bailey of Baileville. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.74
- Baillieville — ΔT 0.84
- Morgan of Wales — ΔT 1.31
- Bracken — ΔT 1.31
- Braken Tartan Tartan Number: 1449. Earliest known date: pre 1992 Originally spelt 'Braken'. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.33
- MacLachlan - 1842 (Chief's Dress) — ΔT 1.39
- Porter Drinkers (Commemorative) — ΔT 1.39
- Porter Drinkers', The — ΔT 1.40
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/s9/k4y48r4y8k16r4k16y8k4-k101010-rc80000-ye8c000/