MacNab
A tartan of the [MacNab](/families/macnab/) family.
Its design is pattern [GBGBGBRBRBGBG](/stripes/gbgbgbrbrbgbg/) — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.











The MacNab 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacNab ★ | G/8 DR1 G1 DR1 G1 DR6 R8 DR1 R8 DR6 G7 DR1 G/1 | 91 | — | |
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| · ×1 — MacNab | 0.00 | G/8 DR1 G1 DR1 G1 DR6 R8 DR1 R8 DR6 G7 DR1 G/1 | 91 | — |
| · ×2 — MacNab | 0.00 | G/16 DR2 G2 DR2 G2 DR12 R16 DR2 R16 DR12 G14 DR2 G/2 | 182 | — |
| 2 Variants: MacNab · MacNab | ||||
| (Clan) | 4.14 | DG/32 M4 DG4 M4 DG4 M30 R28 M4 R28 M30 DG32 M4 DG/4 | 380 | 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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91

182

91

388

326

340

440

432

186

282

416

Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 10270 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.
