Islay
Its design is pattern RKBKYKBRKRY — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Islay tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islay | O/80 K20 N4 K4 LR4 K6 DR16 O12 K4 O16 LR/4 | 256 | 2002 | |
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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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256
264
210
200
216
384
192
260
200
192
328
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.