Alexander
A tartan of the Alexander family.
Its design is pattern BBYKBYKBBYBBYKYB — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Alexander tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander | DR/30 N40 LR12 K8 N20 LR44 K56 N12 DR12 LR44 N12 DR4 LR24 K4 LR6 N/20 | 646 | 1994 | |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Alexander Brothers
Nearest tartans
The nearest NAMED TARTANS — each represented by its master sett — by ΔTartan distance from this tartan's master, which leads the table so the swatches line up against it.
ΔTartan
Threads
Variant
Sett
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646

296

464

413

298

350

288

226

168

184

466

Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 10814 named tartans (their master setts) placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (42% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its master cloth. The map is a flat projection of a many-dimensional space — how to read it.