MacDiarmid
A tartan of the MacDiarmid family.
Its design is pattern KRKGKWKGR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The MacDiarmid 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacDiarmid ★ | K/24 R4 K56 DG24 K2 W6 K2 DG24 R/8 | 268 | 1906 | |
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| MacDiarmid | 0.15 | K/24 R4 K56 G24 K2 W6 K2 G24 R/8 | 268 | 1906 |
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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.
