Cumbernauld
A tartan of the Cumbernauld family.
Its design is pattern BKBKBKGKWKGKBKB — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
MacKenzie-based design with ancient green added to blue, black and red, representing the new town of Cumbernauld.
The Cumbernauld 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumbernauld ★ | DB/34 K6 DB6 K6 DB6 K34 G34 K4 W4 K4 G34 K34 DB34 K4 DR/6 | 460 | 1987 | |
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| District Tartan | 0.15 | DB/34 K6 DB6 K6 DB6 K34 DG34 K4 W6 K4 DG34 K34 DB34 K4 R/6 | 464 | 1987 |
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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.
