Machair
In pattern BWBWBY.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2465
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1997 — Machair (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 1998 — Machair (Fashion) (tartans-authority, record)
Thread count
DB/32 LN10 DB8 LN18 DB32 LT/144

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #003C64 #003C64 | B #2C4084 | 0.07 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F4F4F0 | 0.06 |
| LT | #A08858 #A08858 | Y #E8C000 | 0.21 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Stutterheim — ΔT 1.23
- Carlisle, Ancient — ΔT 1.26
- Ceredigion (Personal) — ΔT 1.33
- Loch Tummel Trade Tartan Tartan Number: 1751. Earliest known date: pre 2003 Nothing See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.40
- Pollock — ΔT 1.41
- Tiree Grey — ΔT 1.43
- Southern Lakes — ΔT 1.44
- Doune (District) — ΔT 1.48
- Doune District Tartan Tartan Number: 4707. Earliest known date: 01/01/2002 A colour variation of Stewart Bute. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.49
- MacMillan/Isetan — ΔT 1.49
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.
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