MacKay
A tartan of the MacKay family.
Its design is pattern GBGKGK — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The MacKay tartan groups 4 setts — the same named design recorded as different cloths (its kilt, Carpet, Child's…, or a transcription apart). The master sett (★) is the exemplar.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacKay ★ | K/14 G80 K80 G9 DP82 G/14 | 530 | — | |
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| MacKay | 1.24 | K/3 G14 K14 G2 DB14 G/3 | 94 | 1816 |
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| · ×1 — MacKay | 1.24 | K/3 G14 K14 G2 DB14 G/3 | 94 | — |
| · ×2 — MacKay | 1.24 | K/6 G28 K28 G4 DB28 G/6 | 188 | 1816 |
| 2 Variants: MacKay · MacKay | ||||
| 1800 (Clan) | 1.29 | K/8 DG46 K46 DG4 DB46 DG/8 | 300 | 1819 |
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| (Logan) | 1.29 | K/8 G46 K46 G4 T46 G/8 | 300 | 1819 |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- MacKay Plaid
- MacKay, Plaid
Nearest tartans
The nearest NAMED TARTANS — each represented by its master sett — by ΔTartan distance from this tartan's master, which leads the table so the swatches line up against it.











Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 10814 named tartans (their master setts) placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (42% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its master cloth. The map is a flat projection of a many-dimensional space — how to read it.


