MacPhail
Bands: KGGRKR · Stripes: K Y G R K R K Y G R K R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2695
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1950 — MacPhail (register-of-tartans, record)
- pre 1950 — MacPhail (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2695
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 1031
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1031
Thread count
K/8 LG4 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LG | #789484 #789484 | G #006100 | 0.24 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Plummer (Personal) — ΔT 0.56
- Buccleuch — ΔT 0.60
- Fraser (1745) — ΔT 0.84
- MacPhail — ΔT 0.92
- MacPhail — ΔT 0.95
- MacAulay — ΔT 0.97
- Buccleuch — ΔT 1.03
- McInally (Name) — ΔT 1.04
- MacAulay (Clan) — ΔT 1.06
- Caledonian - 1819 (Fashion?) — ΔT 1.07
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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