MacKessog
In pattern BYGYBWBYGYR.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 11 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2535
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2006 — MacKessog (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2006 — MacKessog (Commemorative) (tartans-authority, record)
Thread count
N/4 LT32 T8 LT8 DB24 W4 DB24 LT8 T8 LT32 R/4

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 #2C4084 | 0.05 |
| LT | #A08858 #A08858 | Y #E8C000 | 0.21 |
| N | #7C3C74 #7C3C74 | B #2C4084 | 0.14 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #C80000 | 0.00 |
| T | #604000 #604000 | G #006400 | 0.14 |
| W | #F0DCC0 #F0DCC0 | W #F4F4F0 | 0.07 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacKessog Glebe (Commemorative) — ΔT 0.70
- Portree — ΔT 0.88
- Gayre Hunting Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 165. Earliest known date: 1963 Five versions of Gayre tartan are recorded. Hunting, Dress, Bodyguard, Arisaidh and the version recorded by Lord Lyon, the Clan sett. This can be found in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland. (1992) See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.32
- Unidentified (Woven sample) — ΔT 1.37
- Guszcza, The (Personal) — ΔT 1.38
- Yes Scotland (Fashion) — ΔT 1.40
- Moskova — ΔT 1.41
- Gayre, hunting — ΔT 1.47
- Donegal Irish County Tartan Tartan Number: 2247. Earliest known date: 1996 One of a series of Irish District tartans designed by Polly Wittering of the House of Edgar, with colours reminiscent of the Country with soft warm colours dominating. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.50
- Cian Clan Irish Family Tartan Tartan Number: 47. Earliest known date: 1983 Registered with the Chief Herald of Ireland in 1983. Normally woven in ancient colours. Registered with TECA 01 July 1992 by Eli F.J. O'Carroll, chief of Clan Cian of Ely, Stockton, CA, USA. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.50
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/s11/b4y32g8y8ba24w4ba24y8g8y32r4-b7c3c74-ba2c2c80-g604000-rc80000-wf0dcc0-ya08858/