MacPherson Hunting
Bands: BRKRBRRRB · Stripes: B R K R B R O R B B R K R B R O R B
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2722
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2722
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 547
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 547
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
B/44 R4 K32 R4 B4 R4 N32 R4 B/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #1860A8 #1860A8 | B #2A418A | 0.09 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| N | #888888 #888888 | R #CC0000 | 0.24 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Children 1st (Corporate) — ΔT 0.59
- Kinnaird (Australia) (Name) — ΔT 0.74
- Philadelphia Police and Fire P&D — ΔT 0.99
- Brady 60th (Personal) — ΔT 1.02
- Cahonas Scotland — ΔT 1.05
- Elgin City Band — ΔT 1.07
- Ballantyne (Personal) STWR — ΔT 1.07
- Central Newcastle School — ΔT 1.11
- Scottish Knights Templar MTS (Corp) — ΔT 1.14
- Forbes #5 — ΔT 1.16
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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