MacBride
A tartan of the MacBride family.
Its design is pattern YGKBKBKGBGKGY — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Commissioned 1992 by Stuart C. MacBride from Harry Lindley, based on his armorial bearings; MacBrides are a MacDonald sept.
The MacBride 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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| MacBride ★ | LO/6 G30 K30 DB30 K4 DB30 K30 G30 DP6 G30 K30 G30 LO/6 | 572 | 1992 | |
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| MacBride | 0.90 | Y/6 G30 K30 DB30 K4 DB30 K30 G30 B6 G30 K30 G30 Y/6 | 572 | — |
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| Family Tartan | 0.90 | Y/6 G30 K30 DB30 K4 DB30 K30 G30 O6 G30 K30 G30 Y/6 | 572 | 1992 |
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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.