Forbes
A tartan of the Forbes family.
Its design is pattern KBYBKYYYYY — 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/184 DR32 LR4 DR32 K32 LR24 LO24 LR56 LO4 LR/24 | 624 | 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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624

276

258

328

304

266

258

480

288

288

356

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.