MacPherson
A tartan of the MacPherson family.
Its design is pattern RKWRBKBKBKYGRBRBRGYKBKBKBRWKR — 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/4 K4 W4 R44 T16 K4 T4 K4 T16 K24 LY4 G32 R44 T8 R44 T8 R44 G32 LY4 K24 T16 K4 T4 K4 T16 R44 W2 K2 R/2 | 918 | 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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918

950

1128

1342

1030

1624

1720

776

616

500

1368

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.