Brown
A tartan of Clan Brown.
Its design is pattern BRBRBKRG — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
From the 1850 Scott Adie collection of manufacturers' samples, representing tartans sold 1840–50.
The Brown tartan is one sett, recorded at 2 scales — the same proportion woven finer or broader. The top row is the unit proportion; each scale row is one weaving of it.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown | DB/6 R1 DB2 R1 DB2 K18 R8 G/2 | 72 | 1850 | |
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| · ×2 — Brown | 0.00 | DB/12 R2 DB4 R2 DB4 K36 R16 G/4 | 144 | — |
| · ×4 — Brown | 0.00 | DB/24 R4 DB8 R4 DB8 K72 R32 G/8 | 288 | 1850 |
| 2 Variants: Brown · Brown | ||||
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.