MacPherson #7
Bands: RBRGYKBKBKBRWKR · Stripes: R DB R DG LY K DB K DB K DB R W K R R DB R DG LY K DB K DB K DB R W K R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 15 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=2708
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2708
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1412
Variants
Other setts woven to the same stripe pattern.
Thread count
R/12 B4 R12 G20 Y2 K20 B12 K2 B4 K2 B12 R12 LN4 K4 R/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2C4084 #2C4084 | B #2A418A | 0.01 |
| G | #005020 #005020 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| LN | #E0E0E0 #E0E0E0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.07 |
| R | #DC0000 #DC0000 | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- MacPherson #6 — ΔT 0.57
- Prince Albert — ΔT 0.64
- MacPherson 10 — ΔT 0.73
- Caledonia - 1819 (Wilsons') No.155 — ΔT 0.77
- MacPherson 9 — ΔT 0.82
- Alberta Caledonia (Corporate) — ΔT 0.83
- Prince Albert — ΔT 0.83
- Riley-Utter Union (Personal) — ΔT 0.88
- Tawain Scottish (Commemorative) — ΔT 0.88
- Devon 2000 — ΔT 0.93
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/s15/r6db2r6dg10ly1k10db6k1db2k1db6r6w2k2r2~x2/