Cumming Hunting
Bands: KRGRKBRGRKRBKRKRGRBKRGR · Stripes: K R G R K T R G R K R T K R K R G R T K R G R K R G R K T R G R K R T K R K R G R T K R G R
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 23 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=837
Attestations
This cloth appears in 2 source records; the oldest owns this page.
- 01/01/1850 — Cumming Hunting (register-of-tartans, record)
- 1850 — Cumming - 1970 Htg (Clan) (tartans-authority, record)
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 837
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 4636
Thread count
K/4 R4 G32 R4 K24 B4 R24 G24 R4 K32 R4 B4 K4 R4 K32 R4 G24 R24 B4 K24 R4 G32 R/4

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | #2888C4 #2888C4 | B #2A418A | 0.21 |
| DB | #2C2C80 #2C2C80 | B #2A418A | 0.06 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| K | #101010 #101010 | K #000000 | 0.17 |
| R | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Cumming/Comyn/Buchan — ΔT 0.45
- Kilbarchan Unidentified No. 7 — ΔT 0.83
- Blackburn Appalachian Hunting — ΔT 1.11
- Comyn / Cumming, Buchan — ΔT 1.16
- North Berwick Pipe Band District Tartan Tartan Number: 2342. Earliest known date: 1990 Designed by Donald Fraser for the North Berwick Pipe Band dancers for their visit to Maine USA in 1990. The Pipe Band itself normally wears McKenzie. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.20
- Wilson (Clan) — ΔT 1.21
- Innes of Cowie (Clan?) — ΔT 1.29
- Hargis — ΔT 1.39
- Mowat, Sir Oliver — ΔT 1.41
- Reid Red Clan/Family Tartan Tartan Number: 5415. Earliest known date: pre 1991 Found in Dalgleish swatch files 1991, but in use long before then. known to be worn by James Reid of Washington D.C. Modification of Robertson. see 1428 for "Reid - green" designed by Phil Smith 1991 for Wm. M. Reid, Jr. (perhaps without knowledge of the previously existing "Reid - red"). See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.44
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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