Forbes
A tartan of the Forbes family.
Its design is pattern WBWKWKGW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Forbes tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forbes | W/8 G16 K28 W8 K4 W44 DB8 W/8 | 232 | 1880 | |
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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.
ΔTartan
Threads
Variant
Sett
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232

230

338

123

152

152

212

308

296

192

154

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.