MacPherson of Pitmain
Bands: BRKRBRWRB · Stripes: DB R K R DB R W R DB DB R K R DB R W R DB
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 9 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=5222
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1850 — MacPherson of Pitmain (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1850 — MacPherson of Pitmain (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 5222
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 3558
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
DB/4 DR4 K32 DR4 DB4 DR4 LN32 DR4 DB/4
Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #1C0070 #1C0070 | B #2A418A | 0.14 |
| DR | #880000 #880000 | R #CC0000 | 0.15 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacPherson — ΔT 0.49
- MacPherson #4 — ΔT 0.97
- Bannock Bane M.407 — ΔT 1.08
- MacPherson Htg — ΔT 1.16
- Mearns Castle High School — ΔT 1.17
- Andreou Family (Personal) — ΔT 1.18
- MacPherson of Pitmain — ΔT 1.18
- Unidentified (ex Tony Murray) — ΔT 1.19
- Kinnaird — ΔT 1.19
- Thom(p)son — ΔT 1.21
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.
ID: /setts/s9/db1r1k8r1db1r1w8r1db1~x4/