MacKean Dress (Personal)
Bands: RKGKGKBKW · Stripes: R K G K G K DB K W R K G K G K DB K W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2509
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2509
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2339
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2339
Thread count
LN/6 K6 DB18 K12 G6 K6 G24 K12 R/6

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Vosko — ΔT 0.45
- Davidson, Double — ΔT 0.61
- Wilson's No.194 — ΔT 0.71
- Wilson's No.217 — ΔT 0.72
- Selkirk (Personal) Original — ΔT 0.73
- Maitland — ΔT 0.77
- Maitland — ΔT 0.77
- Maitland — ΔT 0.82
- Mitchell Family Tartan Tartan Number: 2142. Earliest known date: 1816-20 Named in honour of General Billy Mitchell when it was adopted as the tartan of the United States Air Force pipe band. The sett is also known as Russell, Hunter and Galbraith. The earliest reference to the tartan is in the collection of the Highland Society of London where it is labelled Galbraith. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.92
- CSCA (Corporate) — ΔT 0.93
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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