MacLeod of Lewis (Vestiarium Scoticum)
In pattern KYKYR.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 5 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2640
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1842 — MacLeod of Lewis (Vestiarium Scoticum) (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1842 — MacLeod of Lewis (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Thread count
K/32 Y4 K32 Y48 R/4

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 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #C80000 | 0.00 |
| Y | #D8B000 #D8B000 | Y #E8C000 | 0.05 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacLeod of Lewis — ΔT 0.70
- MacLeod #3 — ΔT 0.86
- MacLeod — ΔT 0.88
- MacLeod of Lewis — ΔT 0.90
- Unnamed C21st - Fashion — ΔT 1.05
- MacLeod of Lewis — ΔT 1.13
- MacLeod of Lewis — ΔT 1.13
- Takla Makan #2 (Artefact) — ΔT 1.22
- Porter Drinkers', The — ΔT 1.24
- Porter Drinkers (Commemorative) — ΔT 1.25
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 15726 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/s5/k32y4k32y48r4-k101010-rc80000-yd8b000/