MacTavish Hunting
Bands: BGGBKB · Stripes: T DY G T K T T DY G T K T
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 6 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2770
Attestations
This cloth appears in 6 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1850 — MacTavish Hunting (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1958 — MacTavish Htg (tartans-authority, record)
- 01/01/1965 — Thomson (Personal) (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1965 — Thomson (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
- undated — Thompson Hunting Family Tartan Tartan Number: 2093. Earliest known date: 1958 Designed for Lord Thomson of Fleet in 1958 based on a sample in the Moy Hall collection dating from the mid 19th century. The tartan is also suitable for MacTavishs and Thompsons, who claim descent from the Clan MacIntosh. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
- undated — Thomson Lord.. (Hunting) Personal Tartan Tartan Number: 231. Earliest known date: pre 2003 Designed for his own use. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 (house-of-tartan, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 4120
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 231
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 231
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
B/6 K24 B24 G12 T56 B/8

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 | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| T | #603800 #603800 | G #006100 | 0.16 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacTavish Hunting Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 232. Earliest known date: pre 2003 See Lord Thomson See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.54
- Thompson/Thomson/MacTavish Hunting — ΔT 0.70
- Eyre (Personal) — ΔT 0.73
- MacArthur of Milton Hunting Clan Tartan Tartan Number: 700. Earliest known date: 1823 This is the older of the two MacArthur setts, which links the clan with the Campbells. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.88
- Coburg — ΔT 0.96
- MacArthur of Milton (Clan) — ΔT 0.96
- Hebridean 4 — ΔT 0.97
- Strathspey (Fashion) — ΔT 0.98
- AIton - 1979 (Clan) — ΔT 0.99
- Daks (0600150) — ΔT 0.99
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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