Blais
A tartan of the Blais family.
Its design is pattern BGGBKBKRKBR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Designed in 1997 for Francine Paquet Blais's Canadian family, descended from 1669.
The Blais 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blais ★ | DB/20 Y1 DY1 DB3 K1 N2 K1 R10 K1 N2 R/4 | 68 | 1997 | |
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| · ×2 — (Personal) | 0.00 | DB/40 Y2 DY2 DB6 K2 N4 K2 R20 K2 N4 R/8 | 136 | 1997 |
| · ×4 — (Personal) | 0.00 | DB/80 Y4 DY4 DB12 K4 N8 K4 R40 K4 N8 R/16 | 272 | 1997 |
| 2 Variants: (Personal) · (Personal) | ||||
| Family Tartan | 0.03 | DB/40 Y2 DY2 DB6 K2 O4 K2 R20 K2 O4 R/8 | 136 | 1997 |
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| Blais | 0.60 | DB/40 Y2 O2 DB6 K2 N4 K2 R20 K2 N4 R/8 | 136 | — |
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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.