Laing
A tartan of the Laing family.
Its design is pattern BKBKBWBRBGBGBGR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Laing tartan groups 3 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 |
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| Laing ★ | R/4 Y4 T4 Y12 T4 Y16 T4 R4 T104 W4 T4 K16 T4 K12 T/4 | 392 | ~1765 | |
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| Clan/Family Tartan | 1.00 | R/4 Y4 T4 Y12 T4 Y16 T4 R4 T104 K4 T4 K16 T4 K12 T4 K12 T4 K16 T4 K4 T104 R4 T4 Y16 T4 Y12 T4 Y/4 | 776 | ~1765 |
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| (3) Laing | 1.53 | R/2 Y4 DB4 Y12 DB4 Y16 DB4 R4 DB104 K4 DB4 K16 DB4 K12 DB/2 | 388 | — |
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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.