Anderson (MacGregor-Hastie #4)
Bands: RBRKRBKWKYKYKRBRGRGRGRGR · Stripes: R T R K R T K W K LY K LY K R DB R DG R DG R DG R DG R R T R K R T K W K LY K LY K R DB R DG R DG R DG R DG R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 24 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=83
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 83
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1395
Thread count
R/4 B6 R2 K2 R2 B36 K4 LN4 K4 Y2 K2 Y2 K4 R2 Ba4 R6 G12 R2 G4 R6 G4 R2 G12 R/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #3C82AF #3C82AF | B #2A418A | 0.19 |
| Ba | #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.
- Anderson 2 — ΔT 0.54
- Anderson (Paton) — ΔT 0.69
- Bethune Name Tartan Tartan Number: 2428. Earliest known date: pre 1997 Designed by Phil Smith - same as Macbeth but with the addition of a light blue stripe in the middle of the darker blue ground. Count said to be from William MacIntosh & Co. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.88
- Whisky — ΔT 0.89
- Anderson (Highland Society of London) — ΔT 0.99
- Anderson (STS) — ΔT 1.01
- Anderson 1 — ΔT 1.03
- Anderson 5 — ΔT 1.04
- Anderson 3 — ΔT 1.06
- Whiskey & Bourbon (Corporate) — ΔT 1.11
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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