Kennedy
A tartan of the Kennedy family.
Its design is pattern KGGGRGRGBKBKBKBGR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Clan tartan first recorded by MacIan in his 1847 "Clans of the Scottish Highlands," co-authored with James Logan.
The Kennedy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy ★ | K/4 G4 Y2 G6 R2 G4 R2 G24 DB8 K6 DB6 K6 DB6 K6 DB8 G48 Ri/4 | 284 | 1847 | |
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| 3 Variants: Kennedy · Kennedy · Clan Tartan | ||||
| Kennedy | 0.02 | K/4 G4 Y2 G6 DR2 G4 DR2 G24 DB8 K6 DB6 K6 DB6 K6 DB8 G48 R/4 | 284 | — |
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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.











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.
