MacPherson Gathering 1996
Bands: BRGRBRRRB · Stripes: B R G R B R O R B B R G 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=4860
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 4860
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 3552
Thread count
B/12 R8 G64 R8 B12 R8 N64 R8 B/12

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #1870A4 #1870A4 | B #2A418A | 0.13 |
| G | #00643C #00643C | G #006100 | 0.05 |
| N | #888888 #888888 | R #CC0000 | 0.24 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Bannockbane, Grey — ΔT 1.28
- Bannockbane Grey #2 — ΔT 1.37
- MacPherson Gathering 1996 — ΔT 1.38
- Tupper., Sir Charles.. — ΔT 1.42
- Buchanan, hunting — ΔT 1.52
- Kerry — ΔT 1.53
- Ancient Universal (Fashion?) — ΔT 1.53
- Gammell (Personal) — ΔT 1.53
- Ben Lomond Fashion Tartan Tartan Number: 6500. Earliest known date: pre 2005 See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.56
- McCulloch, Grant (Personal) — ΔT 1.56
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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