MacPherson #8
Bands: RGRGYKBKBKBRWKR · Stripes: R DG R DG LY K DB K DB K DB R W K R R DG R DG LY K DB K DB K DB R W K R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 15 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2709
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2709
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1513
Thread count
R/28 G6 R28 G26 Y4 K28 B12 K4 B4 K4 B12 R18 LN4 K4 R/4

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 #2A418A | 0.01 |
| G | #005020 #005020 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Kidd — ΔT 0.68
- MacPherson #5 — ΔT 0.68
- MacPherson #6 — ΔT 0.71
- MacPherson 7 — ΔT 0.73
- Christie — ΔT 0.84
- Unidentified No 158 Silk Fragment — ΔT 0.86
- Caledonia — ΔT 0.89
- Laois County Crest (Fashion) — ΔT 0.93
- Norwich No.158 — ΔT 0.93
- Robieson (Name) — ΔT 0.97
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/s15/r14dg3r14dg13ly2k14db6k2db2k2db6r9w2k2r2~x2/