MacLeod and MacNicol
In pattern KRGRKBKRGRGR.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 12 stripe tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2631
Also known as
This cloth is also recorded under:
- MacLeod, and MacNicol
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2631
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1156
Thread count
R/16 G2 R16 G32 R8 K4 B2 K8 R16 G2 R16 K/2

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #3C82AF #3C82AF | B #2A418A | 0.19 |
| G | #005020 #005020 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacLeod, and MacNicol — ΔT 0.76
- Drummond of Megginch - Child's Kilt (c.1890) — ΔT 0.78
- Dobrain (Personal) — ΔT 0.88
- Burns 1930 — ΔT 0.93
- MacDougal 3 — ΔT 0.93
- Unidentified No 3 #2 — ΔT 1.02
- MacQuarrie Ancient — ΔT 1.02
- Cameron of Locheil — ΔT 1.03
- Cumming/Comyn — ΔT 1.05
- Cameron of Locheil — ΔT 1.08
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/s12/r8dg1r8dg16r4k2t1k4r8dg1r8k1~x2/