Forbes
A tartan of the Forbes family.
Its design is pattern KGKBWBKWBWBW — 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 | K/24 G20 K24 DO24 W4 DO40 K24 W12 DR4 W48 DR4 W/12 | 444 | 1970 | |
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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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444
312
582
226
684
212
448
228
172
388
300
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.