Buchanan
A tartan of the Buchanan family.
Its design is pattern BGKBKRWRKBKGKGKBKG — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Buchanan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchanan ★ | G/6 K1 DB4 K1 Y6 K1 Y6 K1 DB4 K1 R8 W1 R8 K1 DB4 K1 G6 DB/4 | 118 | 1843 | |
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| · ×2 — Clan Tartan | 0.00 | G/12 K2 DB8 K2 Y12 K2 Y12 K2 DB8 K2 R16 W2 R16 K2 DB8 K2 G12 DB/8 | 236 | 1843 |
| · ×4 — (Wilson) | 0.00 | G/24 K4 DB16 K4 Y24 K4 Y24 K4 DB16 K4 R32 W4 R32 K4 DB16 K4 G24 DB/16 | 472 | — |
| 2 Variants: Clan Tartan · (Wilson) | ||||
| Buchanan | 0.00 | K/2 Y12 K2 DB8 K2 G12 DB8 G12 K2 DB8 K2 R16 W2 R16 K2 DB8 K2 Y/12 | 242 | — |
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| Buchanan | 0.35 | G/46 K6 DB18 K6 R40 W6 R40 K6 DB18 K6 Y40 K6 Y40 K6 DB18 K6 G46 DB/18 | 680 | 1850 |
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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.