Burns
A tartan of the Burns family.
Its design is pattern GRGRBRGRGRGR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Burns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burns ★ | R/8 G8 R8 G32 R8 G8 R8 DB8 R44 Y4 R16 Y/4 | 300 | 1930 | |
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| Burns | 0.22 | R/6 G6 R6 G28 R6 G6 R6 DB10 R36 Y4 R16 Y/4 | 258 | ~2003 |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Burns 1930
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.
