Allen
A tartan of the Allen family.
Its design is pattern GRGKBGBKBKBKBKBRBKGRG — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Allen tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen | G/4 R4 G24 K8 DB22 DY4 DB22 K8 DB4 K18 DB4 K18 DB4 K8 DB22 R4 DB22 K8 G24 R4 G/4 | 472 | 1997 | |
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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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472

472

1612

372

664

376

172

536

1304

508

534

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.