Forbes Dress
A tartan of the Forbes family.
Its design is pattern BKBKGKWKGKWBWBW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Forbes Dress 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forbes Dress ★ | DB/4 K4 DB16 K16 G24 K2 W4 K2 G24 K16 W6 DB6 W28 DB4 W/4 | 312 | 2002 | |
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| Forbes Dress | 0.42 | DB/8 K4 DB32 K24 G32 K4 W8 K4 G32 K24 W8 DB8 W32 DB4 W/2 | 442 | — |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Forbes, dress
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.
