MacKintosh #3
Bands: BRGRBR · Stripes: DB R DG R DB R DB R DG R DB R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2561
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2561
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 524
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
B/4 R8 G56 R6 B4 R/96

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2C4084 #2C4084 | B #2A418A | 0.01 |
| G | #005020 #005020 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacKintosh 2 — ΔT 0.75
- Maxwell — ΔT 0.76
- Maxwell Ancient — ΔT 0.78
- MacKintosh, Red — ΔT 0.88
- MacKintosh 1 — ΔT 0.95
- MacKintosh #2 — ΔT 0.98
- Robertson — ΔT 1.06
- MacKintosh D — ΔT 1.07
- MacKintosh 3 — ΔT 1.08
- MacDonald #7 — ΔT 1.11
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.
ID: /setts/s6/r48db2r3dg28r4db2~x2/