MacKintosh #5
Bands: RGRKRKR · Stripes: R DG R K R K R R DG R K R K R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 7 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2563
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2563
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1509
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
R/150 G24 R6 K4 R4 K4 R/72

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 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacKintosh 4 — ΔT 0.64
- Taplin (Name) — ΔT 1.42
- Taplin — ΔT 1.44
- MacGregor #2 — ΔT 1.58
- MacGregor — ΔT 1.75
- Gudbrandsdalen, Rondastakken — ΔT 1.80
- Earl of Inverness (Artefact) — ΔT 1.85
- Gudbrandsdalen, Rondastakken — ΔT 1.86
- Gudbrandsdalen, Rondastakken #2 — ΔT 1.86
- Inverness Earl of — ΔT 1.89
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/s7/r75dg12r3k2r2k2r36~x2/