MacLean (Black and White)
In pattern WKWKWKWKWKW.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 11 stripe tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2602
Also known as
This cloth is also recorded under:
- MacLean B & W
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2002 — MacLean (Black and White) (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2002 — MacLean B & W (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2602
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1824
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1824
Thread count
W/40 K12 W18 K12 W12 K24 W12 K96 W16 K32 W/32

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 |
| W | #FFFFFF #FFFFFF | W #F7F7F7 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Scott, Sir Walter — ΔT 0.65
- Scott - 1850 B & W (Clan) — ΔT 1.05
- MacLean, Black & White — ΔT 1.18
- MacFie of Colonsay Dress (Fashion?) — ΔT 1.19
- Scott (Abbreviated) — ΔT 1.22
- Ogilvie (B&W) (Fashion?) — ΔT 1.39
- Erskine BW MINI Design Tartan Tartan Number: 12466. Earliest known date: Generated for display purposes. Reduced copy of the original 1246 Erskine BW. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.39
- Coppa Romana (Switzerland) — ΔT 1.43
- Menzies Dress Tartan Tartan Number: 12444. Earliest known date: See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.44
- Poulter SG ? Black & white (Fashion) — ΔT 1.46
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 14299 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/w20k6w9k6w6k12w6k48w8k16w16~x2/