MacMichael
Bands: GBGWKBKWRBR · Stripes: G DB G LB K DB K LB R DB R G DB G LB K DB K LB R DB R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 11 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2655
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2655
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2063
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2063
Thread count
DR/4 DB4 DR32 N4 K8 DB64 K8 N4 G32 DB4 G/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #1C0070 #1C0070 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| N | #C0C0C0 #C0C0C0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.17 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Largs District Tartan Tartan Number: 478. Earliest known date: 1981 The Largs tartan is a new design created for the town and officially adopted in 1981. There is also a dress version. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.87
- Largs — ΔT 0.96
- Forth — ΔT 0.98
- Kormylo (Personal) — ΔT 0.98
- Scottish Rugby Union (Sports) — ΔT 0.99
- MacDonald of Clanranald #5 — ΔT 0.99
- McGuffey (School) — ΔT 1.00
- West Lothian — ΔT 1.02
- Watson (Name) — ΔT 1.04
- Héritage Séquane — ΔT 1.04
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/s11/g1db1g8lb1k2db16k2lb1r8db1r1~x4/