MacPherson
A tartan of the MacPherson family.
Its design is pattern GRYRKGYRKRYGWKR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The MacPherson tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacPherson | R/320 K4 W2 DG72 LY18 R8 K2 R8 LY18 Y72 K18 R18 LY18 R8 Y/6 | 858 | 1800 | |
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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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858

326

858

836

340

568

340

274

506

196

398

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.