MacPherson 9
In pattern RBRGYKBKBKBRWKR.
This was sourced from weddslist. It is a 15 stripes tartan.
Original link http://www.weddslist.com/cgi-bin/tartans/pg.pl?source=sts
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 | #304080 #304080 | B #2C4084 | 0.01 |
| G | #008000 #008000 | G #006400 | 0.09 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F4F4F0 | 0.06 |
| R | #C00000 #C00000 | R #C80000 | 0.02 |
| Y | #F0C000 #F0C000 | Y #E8C000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Kidd, Wilson's No 43 — ΔT 0.54
- MacPherson 10 — ΔT 0.58
- 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 0.68
- MacPherson 7 — ΔT 0.69
- MacPherson #6 — ΔT 0.69
- Christie — ΔT 0.73
- Unnamed No 158, Silk Fragment — ΔT 0.73
- Caledonia - 1819 (Wilsons') No.155 — ΔT 0.76
- MacPherson #7 — ΔT 0.82
- Wilson's, No 190 — ΔT 0.82
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-b304080-g008000-k000000-rc00000-we0e0e0-yf0c000/