MacWhirter
Bands: BGKBKYKBKRWBWRKBKYKBKG · Stripes: T DG K T K LY K T K R W T W R K T K LY K T K DG T DG K T K LY K T K R W T W R K T K LY K T K DG
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 22 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2775
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2775
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 158
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 158
Thread count
B/4 G32 K4 B8 K4 Y8 K4 B8 K4 R32 LN4 B4 LN4 R32 K4 B8 K4 Y8 K4 B8 K4 G/32

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #5C8CA8 #5C8CA8 | B #2A418A | 0.23 |
| G | #285800 #285800 | G #006100 | 0.03 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Wilson's No.226 — ΔT 1.05
- Wilson's No.181 — ΔT 1.06
- Buchanan — ΔT 1.08
- Maple Leaf, dress — ΔT 1.08
- Buchanan (1850 - Clan) — ΔT 1.14
- McNair (2016) — ΔT 1.16
- Maple Leaf Dress District Tartan Tartan Number: 2033. Earliest known date: pre 1992 In creating the Maple Leaf Tartan fabric, David Weiser captured the natural phenomena of these leaves turning from summer into autumn. (The Office of the High Commissioner for Canada.) This is a dress version of the Maple Leaf tartan. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.19
- MacPherson 4 — ΔT 1.19
- Buchanan 2 — ΔT 1.21
- Wilson's No.152 — ΔT 1.21
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.
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