Brittish Lions
Its design is pattern RWRWRKBKGRGW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Designed for the British Lions rugby team, unveiled at New York's 2005 Tartan Day; originally "Lion's Pride."
The Brittish Lions tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brittish Lions | R/140 W4 R2 W8 R2 K4 DB18 K2 Y4 R2 G18 W/6 | 274 | 2005 | |
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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.
ΔTartan
Threads
Variant
Sett
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274

230

444

274

270

408

326

280

176

196

95

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.