Bahamas
A tartan of the Bahamas family.
Its design is pattern WGWRGWYW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Designed 1966 by Gordon Rees of Nassau's Scottish Shop to commemorate early Scottish settlers in the Bahamas; government-approved.
The Bahamas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bahamas ★ | LB/16 LY4 LB44 DG12 R4 W20 DG24 LB/6 | 238 | 1966 | |
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| District Tartan | 0.35 | DB/12 Y4 DB44 G14 R4 W22 G22 DB/6 | 238 | 1966 |
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| Bahamas | 0.46 | DB/4 Y4 DB44 G14 R4 W22 G22 DB/6 | 230 | — |
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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.

