MacGill
A tartan of the MacGill family.
Its design is pattern RGKWGRGWBKRGW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
MacGill family sett from Jura, used before 1745, lost during proscription until rediscovered in Kintyre; current Society version dates from 1930.
The MacGill tartan groups 4 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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| MacGill ★ | R/112 G40 K28 W8 Y8 R4 Y8 W8 DB20 K8 R8 Y8 W/12 | 420 | 1930 | |
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| MacGill | 0.29 | R/41 G13 K8 W2 Y2 R1 Y2 W2 DB6 K2 R3 Y2 W/5 | 132 | — |
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| Clan Tartan | 0.30 | R/94 G32 K16 W6 Y6 R4 Y6 W6 DB12 K6 R8 Y8 W/6 | 320 | ~1745 |
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| MacGill | 0.74 | R/96 G32 K16 W6 Y6 R4 O6 W6 DB16 K2 R8 Y8 W/6 | 322 | — |
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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.