MacArthur
A tartan of the MacArthur family.
Its design is pattern GYGKGK — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Green and blue clan sett sharing the MacDonald, Lord of the Isles form, reflecting the MacArthurs' hereditary piper links.
The MacArthur 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacArthur ★ | G/36 LY4 G36 K8 G4 K/30 | 170 | 1815 | |
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| MacArthur | 0.02 | G/36 Y4 G36 K8 G4 K/30 | 170 | — |
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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.