Kile
A tartan of the Kile family.
Its design is pattern BWBWBWKG — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Recorded 1983 by Peter MacDonald; structurally similar to the 1984 Kyle tartan, the name linked to Carrick District.
The Kile 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kile ★ | DB/40 W6 DB6 W6 DB6 W6 K10 DY/20 | 140 | 1983 | |
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| Kile | 0.10 | DB/40 W6 DB6 W6 DB6 W6 K10 Y/20 | 140 | — |
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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.