Caithness
A tartan of the Caithness family.
Its design is pattern RGKWWR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Caithness tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caithness | R/80 LB22 W4 K24 G72 R/64 | 388 | 1848 | |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- MacTavish
- Thompson/Thomson/MacTavish
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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388

488

110

220

170

170

292

244

532

280

228

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.