MacPherson #6
Bands: RBRGYKBKBKBRWKR · Stripes: R DB R DG LY K DB K DB K DB R W K R R DB 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=2707
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2707
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1411
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
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 #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.
- MacPherson #7 — ΔT 0.57
- Caledonia - 1819 (Wilsons') No.155 — ΔT 0.66
- Unidentified No 158 Silk Fragment — ΔT 0.67
- Norwich No.158 — ΔT 0.69
- MacPherson #5 — ΔT 0.70
- MacPherson 9 — ΔT 0.70
- MacPherson #8 — ΔT 0.71
- Kidd — ΔT 0.75
- Prince Albert — ΔT 0.88
- Unidentified No 3 — ΔT 0.92
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/r6db1r6dg8ly1k6db4k1db2k1db4r4w1k1r1~x2/