MacDonald
A tartan of the MacDonald family.
Its design is pattern GRGRGKRBRBRBRBRBRKGRGRG — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The MacDonald tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacDonald | G/40 R4 G8 R12 G64 K64 R4 DB64 R12 DB6 R4 DB40 R4 DB6 R12 DB64 R4 K64 G64 R12 G8 R4 G/20 | 1108 | 1831 | |
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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.
ΔTartan
Threads
Variant
Sett
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1108

1068

388

304

385

822

770

770

360

576

522

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.