MacPhail Red Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1031. Earliest known date: 1930-50 This sample comes from the MacGregor-Hastie collection which forms the basis of the cloth archive of the Scottish Tartans Society. Some of the samples, including this one, were unmarked. One can assume that the sample dates between 1930 and 1950. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015
In pattern KBGRKR.
This was sourced from house-of-tartan. It is a 6 stripes tartan.
Original link http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/house/TartanViewjs.asp?colr=Def&tnam=1031
Thread count
K/8 B4 G52 R12 K28 R/100

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 #2C4084 | 0.23 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006400 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #C80000 | 0.00 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacPhail — ΔT 0.03
- Plummer (Personal) — ΔT 0.55
- Buccleuch — ΔT 0.59
- Buccleuch Family Tartan Tartan Number: 1505. Earliest known date: c.1840 Reduced 50% proportionally. Described by Wilson as a 'Fancy' pattern, taking inspiration from the works of Sir Walter Scott. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.78
- Fraser (1745) — ΔT 0.82
- MacPhail — ΔT 0.91
- MacPhail — ΔT 0.94
- Denny Hunting Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 518. Earliest known date: pre 2003 This tartan is remarkably similar to the Durham sett designed by Wilson's of Bannockburn around 1819. The variation in proportions may point to a deliberate modification suggested by the links between the names. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.96
- MacAulay — ΔT 0.97
- MacPhail Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1028. Earliest known date: pre 1950 This sample comes from the MacGregor-Hastie collection which forms the basis of the cloth archive of the Scottish Tartans Society. Some of the samples, including this one, were unmarked. One can assume that the sample dates between 1930 and 1950. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.00
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/s6/r100k28r12g52b4k8-b5c8ca8-g006818-k101010-rc80000/