MacAlister (Cockburn Collection 1810-20)
Bands: RBRGRBRGRBRBRGRBRBRGRGR · Stripes: R T R DG R T R DG R T R T R DG R T R DB R DG R DG R R T R DG R T R DG R T R T R DG R T R DB R DG R DG R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 23 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2264
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2264
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1400
Thread count
R/8 B2 R2 G12 R24 B2 R2 G36 R2 B2 R64 B2 R2 G36 R2 B2 R24 Ba16 R16 G16 R8 G16 R/64

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 |
| Ba | #2C4084 #2C4084 | B #2A418A | 0.01 |
| G | #005020 #005020 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacAlister CC — ΔT 0.39
- Munro — ΔT 0.68
- MacAlister — ΔT 0.74
- Munro — ΔT 1.01
- Dalziel #1 — ΔT 1.02
- Dalziel — ΔT 1.04
- Dalzell — ΔT 1.07
- MacAlister CC — ΔT 1.14
- MacAlister CC — ΔT 1.14
- Munro — ΔT 1.16
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.
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