MacRae
A tartan of the MacRae family.
Its design is pattern GRGRBRBRBRBRBRBRWRBRBRWRGRGRGRG — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The MacRae 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacRae ★ | G/4 R1 G4 R4 DB1 R1 DB1 R1 DB1 R4 DB1 R1 DB1 R1 DB1 R4 W1 R1 DB4 R1 DB4 R1 W1 R4 G1 R1 G1 R4 G4 R1 G/4 | 120 | 1850 | |
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| · ×1 — MacRae | 0.00 | G/4 R1 G4 R4 DB1 R1 DB1 R1 DB1 R4 DB1 R1 DB1 R1 DB1 R4 W1 R1 DB4 R1 DB4 R1 W1 R4 G1 R1 G1 R4 G4 R1 G/4 | 120 | — |
| · ×2 — MacRae | 0.00 | G/8 R2 G8 R8 DB2 R2 DB2 R2 DB2 R8 DB2 R2 DB2 R2 DB2 R8 W2 R2 DB8 R2 DB8 R2 W2 R8 G2 R2 G2 R8 G8 R2 G/8 | 240 | — |
| · ×4 — (Red) | 0.00 | G/16 R4 G16 R16 DB4 R4 DB4 R4 DB4 R16 DB4 R4 DB4 R4 DB4 R16 W4 R4 DB16 R4 DB16 R4 W4 R16 G4 R4 G4 R16 G16 R4 G/16 | 480 | 1850 |
| 3 Variants: MacRae · MacRae · (Red) | ||||
| MacRae | 0.13 | DG/16 R4 DG16 R16 DB4 R4 DB4 R4 DB4 R16 DB4 R4 DB4 R4 DB4 R16 W4 R4 DB16 R4 DB16 R4 W4 R16 DG4 R4 DG4 R16 DG16 R4 DG/16 | 480 | 1850 |
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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.
