Thompson/Thomson/MacTavish (Mackinlay)
Bands: RBWKGR · Stripes: R T W K DG R R T W K DG R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4117
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 4117
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1439
Thread count
R/80 B22 LN4 K24 G72 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 |
| G | #005020 #005020 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Caithness (1848) (District?) — ΔT 0.58
- Sturrock, Blue/Black (Clan) — ΔT 0.75
- Sturrock — ΔT 0.83
- MacDuff — ΔT 1.09
- East Kilbride — ΔT 1.22
- MacDuff — ΔT 1.23
- MacDuff #6 — ΔT 1.28
- MacKintosh #4 — ΔT 1.28
- Sturrock — ΔT 1.29
- Templeton (Name?) — ΔT 1.29
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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