Black Watch
A tartan of Clan Black.
Its design is pattern BKBKBKGKGKBKBGKGKBKB — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Black Watch tartan groups 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Watch ★ | DB/12 K1 DB1 K1 DB1 K8 G8 K1 G8 K8 DB8 K1 DB1 G6 K1 G6 K3 DB4 K1 DB/1 | 149 | — | |
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| Black Watch | 0.54 | DB/22 K2 DB2 K2 DB2 K16 G16 K2 G16 K16 DB16 K2 DB2 G10 K2 G10 K8 DB9 K1 DB/1 | 291 | — |
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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.
