Brooke
Its design is pattern BWBKGKRWG — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Devised by historian Angela Nisbett from colour information to evoke this rare 17th-century Irish family tartan.
The Brooke 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooke ★ | DB/2 LB2 DB2 K16 G20 K16 R2 W2 Y/2 | 124 | — | |
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| Brooke | 0.53 | B/4 LB2 B4 K32 G40 K28 R4 W4 Y/4 | 236 | 1993 |
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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.