Quote Originally Posted by creagdhubh View Post
I do like the overall look of the brown being added to the Macpherson 'hunting' tartan in place of the widely seen and adopted lighter grey, or white areas, next to the darker grey/black areas in the sett. I have not seen this specific colour combination of the dark grey and brown anywhere else before, and as far as I'm aware, this specific colour combination is not registered with the Scottish Tartans Authority. Very interesting nonetheless.
Thanks for these references, which we'll take a look at and see if adjustment is in order.

But such colour combinations wouldn't generally be recorded, either by the STA, or by its successor the Scottish Register of Tartans. With the odd exception such as corporate tartans who define precise colours, most tartans are only recorded as a set of typical colours, and historically have always been quite broadly interpreted when produced as cloth. Its mostly the sett pattern that actually defines the unique tartan. Weavers produce these recorded colours in various 'shifted' ways: variants like Modern, Ancient, and Reproduction styles are those weavers' interpretations. These seldom appear in the official records. But they're still the correct tartan as traditionally conceived.