MacKay Plaid
In pattern GBGKGK.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 stripe tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2504
Also known as
This cloth is also recorded under:
- MacKay, Plaid
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2504
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 702
Thread count
K/14 G80 K80 G9 P82 G/14

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | #005020 #005020 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| P | #5A008C #5A008C | B #2A418A | 0.13 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Renfrew — ΔT 1.07
- Reid and Taylor — ΔT 1.17
- Wilson's No.100 — ΔT 1.17
- Gallamore — ΔT 1.21
- Bareback (Corporate) — ΔT 1.22
- Unnamed 19th Century Plaid — ΔT 1.23
- Murray #3 — ΔT 1.23
- MacKay (Logan) — ΔT 1.24
- Ferguson of Balquhidder #2 — ΔT 1.26
- National Galleries of Scotland — ΔT 1.27
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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