Cian
A tartan of the Cian family.
Its design is pattern BBWBBGRBWBY — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Irish family tartan registered with the Chief Herald of Ireland in 1983; usually woven in ancient colours.
The Cian tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cian | T/31 DB4 LB4 T20 DB8 Y16 O8 T14 LB4 DB4 LY/4 | 199 | 1983 | |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Cian Clan
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.