MacPherson #6
In pattern RBRGYKBKBKBRWKR.
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 15 stripes tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2707
Thread count
R/12 B2 R12 G16 Y2 K12 B8 K2 B4 K2 B8 R8 LN2 K2 R/2
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 #2C4084 | 0.00 |
| G | #005020 #005020 | G #006400 | 0.08 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F4F4F0 | 0.06 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #C80000 | 0.04 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #E8C000 | 0.00 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacPherson Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1411. Earliest known date: 1886 James Grant took all of the seventy two tartans in his book from actual specimens in use at the time (1886). Grants version shows a slight reduction in the red ground showing the Victorian trend towards more compact setts. Worn by the Victoria Police pipe band (Australia). See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.16
- MacPherson #7 — ΔT 0.57
- Caledonia - 1819 (Wilsons') No.155 — ΔT 0.65
- Unidentified No 158 Silk Fragment — ΔT 0.66
- Norwich No.158 — ΔT 0.69
- MacPherson 9 — ΔT 0.69
- MacPherson #5 — ΔT 0.69
- MacPherson #8 — ΔT 0.71
- Kidd — ΔT 0.75
- Prince Albert — ΔT 0.88
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.
ID: /setts/s15/r12b2r12g16y2k12b8k2b4k2b8r8w2k2r2-b2c4084-g005020-k101010-rdc0000-we0e0e0-ye8c000/