Arran
A tartan of the Arran family.
Its design is pattern BGBGBKRKRKRKRWRKRKRKRKBKB — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Arran tartan groups 3 setts — the same named design recorded as different cloths (its kilt, Carpet, Child's…, or a transcription apart). The master sett (★) is the exemplar.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
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| Arran ★ | DP/160 G8 DP8 G8 DP8 K28 R4 K8 R6 K6 R8 K4 R10 W6 R10 K4 R8 K6 R6 K8 R4 K28 N38 K10 N/18 | 646 | — | |
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| District Tartan | 1.20 | DP/90 N5 DP5 N5 DP5 K16 R3 K5 R4 K4 R5 K3 R6 W4 R6 K3 R5 K4 R4 K5 R3 K16 N22 K/5 | 371 | 1982 |
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| 1978 (Fashion) | 2.30 | DP/86 DG4 DP4 DG4 DP4 K16 R2 K4 R3 K3 R4 K2 R6 W3 R6 K2 R4 K3 R3 K4 R2 K16 DPi24 K4 DPi/10 | 350 | ~1981 |
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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.
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.