Hunter (1775)
Bands: RRGYRRWRWYBGYWYWYGBYWRRGRRWGWGYGWGWGWGYGWGWRRGRRWGYWYGWGWBWBWGWRRW · Stripes: R R Y LO R R W R W LO DB Y LY W LO W LY Y DB LO W R R Y R R W G W G LY G W Y W Y W G LY G W G W R R Y R R W G LO W LO G W Y W DB W DB W Y W R R W R R Y LO R R W R W LO DB Y LY W LO W LY Y DB LO W R R Y R R W G W G LY G W Y W Y W G LY G W G W R R Y R R W G LO W LO G W Y W DB W DB W Y W R R W
This was sourced from register-of-tartans. It is a 66 band tartan.
Original link https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=1789
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 1789
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 5873
Thread count
R/60 DO8 LG12 LT8 DO8 R32 W4 DO8 W4 LT8 DB36 LG12 Y6 W4 LT8 W4 Y6 LG12 DB36 LT8 W4 DO8 R24 LG4 R24 DO6 W4 G20 W4 G4 Y8 G4 W4 LG16 W8 LG16 W4 G4 Y8 G4 W4 G20 W4 DO8 R24 LG4 R24 DO8 W4 G20 LT8 W8 LT8 G20 W4 LG12 W4 DB24 W4 DB24 W4 LG12 W4 DO8 R24 W/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 | #202060 #202060 | B #2A418A | 0.11 |
| DO | #D05054 #D05054 | R #CC0000 | 0.09 |
| G | #006818 #006818 | G #006100 | 0.02 |
| LG | #789484 #789484 | G #006100 | 0.24 |
| LT | #A08858 #A08858 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.21 |
| N | #B8B8B8 #B8B8B8 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.17 |
| R | #C8002C #C8002C | R #CC0000 | 0.03 |
| Ra | #C80000 #C80000 | R #CC0000 | 0.01 |
| T | #4C3428 #4C3428 | B #2A418A | 0.17 |
| W | #F0E0C4 #F0E0C4 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.08 |
| Y | #E8C000 #E8C000 | Y #F2BF00 | 0.02 |
Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Hunter Portrait/Artefact Tartan Tartan Number: 5873. Earliest known date: 1775 Presented to the Tartans Authority in Canada in 2003 by a Jean Hunter from Huntsville Ontario who had been given it by her Father the Rev. George W. Hunter - a minister in Aberdeen. The piece is a shawl 6ft 6inches long by 19inches wide and is what is known as a hard, superfine tartan using typical Wilson of Bannockburn colours. The sett is selvedge to selvedge full repeat and the weave is 52epi. The sett is complex with 8 colours and 67 colour changes. Embroidered into the end of the shawl is "Donnald 1775" See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 0.45
- Waggrall — ΔT 0.99
- Waggrall (Clan) — ΔT 1.15
- Unnamed C18th - Cant Counts — ΔT 1.29
- Ritch — ΔT 1.29
- Ritch Family Tartan Tartan Number: 1698. Earliest known date: 1847 An 'Old Superfine Tartan Sett'. Speculation that this sett was designed for weaving in silk seems unlikely. (STS archive) See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.31
- Waggrall — ΔT 1.43
- Waggrall Family Tartan Tartan Number: 1691. Earliest known date: 1819 Incomplete see Sindex. Update required if possible. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015 — ΔT 1.44
- Aberdeen — ΔT 1.65
- Ritch — ΔT 1.74
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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