MacDonald 5
A tartan of the MacDonald family.
Its design is pattern BRBRBRKGRGRG — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The MacDonald 5 tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacDonald 5 | DB/32 R4 DB4 R10 DB58 R4 K62 G58 R10 G4 R4 G/32 | 500 | — | |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- MacDonald #3
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.
ΔTartan
Threads
Variant
Sett
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500

504

548

456

548

296

116

230

230

280

252

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.