Chess
A tartan of the Chess family.
Its design is pattern KWKBKGKBKGKWK — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Chess 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chess ★ | K/6 W6 K48 DG6 K6 DB48 K6 DG48 K6 DB6 K48 W6 K/6 | 480 | 2006 | |
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| (Universal) | 1.02 | K/6 W6 K48 DG6 K6 DB48 DG48 K6 DB6 K48 W6 K/6 | 468 | 2006 |
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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.
