MacPhail Hunting #2
Bands: RBKGKW · Stripes: R DB K G K LB R DB K G K LB
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2698
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1880 — MacPhail Hunting #2 (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1880 — MacPhail Htg (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2698
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 2158
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 2158
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
N/6 K8 G28 K24 DB48 R/8

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| N | #C0C0C0 #C0C0C0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Paterson Blue (Personal) — ΔT 0.64
- Wellington No 229 — ΔT 0.64
- Stovell (2015) — ΔT 0.65
- Swankie (Personal) — ΔT 0.66
- MacLean, Donald (Personal) — ΔT 0.66
- Newmill — ΔT 0.71
- Rose Hunting Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 1226. Earliest known date: 1831 First recorded in James Logan's, 'The Scottish Gael' in 1831. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.73
- Midlothian — ΔT 0.74
- Rose Hunting — ΔT 0.74
- Lyle and Scott — ΔT 0.74
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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