MacHardy, Blue
Bands: BRGBWBRG · Stripes: DB R G DB W DB R G DB R G DB W DB R G
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 8 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4953
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 4953
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 3380
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
DB/12 R6 G52 DB52 W8 DB52 R10 G/10

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| W | #FCFCFC #FCFCFC | W #F7F7F7 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Bruce (Personal) — ΔT 1.02
- MacHardy — ΔT 1.05
- MacHardy — ΔT 1.10
- MacHardy — ΔT 1.11
- Notre Dame Marching Guard — ΔT 1.12
- Stone of Destiny — ΔT 1.13
- Glen Esk — ΔT 1.14
- Dege, of Saville Row — ΔT 1.15
- Kelvinside Academy (School) — ΔT 1.17
- Kinross (Fashion) — ΔT 1.18
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/s8/db6r3g26db26w4db26r5g5~x2/