MacLellan
In pattern BKGRGKYKGRGKBK.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 14 stripe tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2621
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/2002 — MacLellan (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 2002 — MacLellan (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2621
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 323
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 323
Thread count
DB/60 K32 G12 R12 G20 K8 Y8 K8 G20 R12 G12 K32 DB32 K/32

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #382074 #382074 | B #2A418A | 0.09 |
| G | #2C7854 #2C7854 | G #006100 | 0.11 |
| K | #181818 #181818 | K #000000 | 0.21 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacClellan — ΔT 0.68
- Denovan, The Lairdship of (Personal) — ΔT 0.69
- MacLellan Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 323. Earliest known date: pre 2003 Very similar to MacLaren See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.70
- Swankie (Personal) — ΔT 0.70
- Macallan — ΔT 0.77
- Kinloch Anderson #2 (Corporate) — ΔT 0.80
- Fruin Colquhoun — ΔT 0.88
- Black Watch Plaid of Pipers — ΔT 0.89
- MacKenzie MINI Clan Miniature Tartan Tartan Number: 2677. Earliest known date: 1778 Generated for Dupion Silk Stock list for display purpose. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.91
- MacKenzie Morgan — ΔT 0.92
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.
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