Boyd
A tartan of the Boyd family.
Its design is pattern GGKBKBKRGRKW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Compact form of the Boyd sett designed for Lord Kilmarnock in 1956; based on Hay and Stuart of Bute tartans.
The Boyd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyd ★ | Y/5 G22 K2 DB2 K2 DB2 K10 R38 G5 R4 K4 W/5 | 192 | 1956 | |
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| · ×1 — Boyd | 0.00 | Y/5 G22 K2 DB2 K2 DB2 K10 R38 G5 R4 K4 W/5 | 192 | — |
| · ×2 — Boyd | 0.00 | Y/10 G44 K4 DB4 K4 DB4 K20 R76 G10 R8 K8 W/10 | 384 | 1956 |
| 2 Variants: Boyd · Boyd | ||||
| (Clan) | 0.05 | LY/10 G44 K4 DB4 K4 DB4 K20 R78 G10 R8 K8 W/10 | 388 | 1930 |
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| Boyd | 0.58 | Y/4 G24 K4 DB4 K4 DB4 K24 R48 G4 R4 K4 W/4 | 256 | 1956 |
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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.