MacAulay
A tartan of the MacAulay family.
Its design is pattern KRGRGW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The MacAulay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacAulay ★ | K/4 R32 G12 R6 G16 LB/2 | 138 | 1880 | |
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| (Clan) | 0.30 | K/2 R16 G6 R3 G8 W/1 | 69 | ~1880 |
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| · ×1 — MacAulay | 0.30 | K/2 R16 G6 R3 G8 W/1 | 69 | — |
| · ×2 — MacAulay | 0.30 | K/4 R32 G12 R6 G16 W/2 | 138 | 1881 |
| · ×4 — (Clan) | 0.30 | K/8 R64 G24 R12 G32 W/4 | 276 | ~1880 |
| 3 Variants: MacAulay · MacAulay · (Clan) | ||||
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.