MacSporran
A tartan of the MacSporran family.
Its design is pattern BRBRBRKGRGRKY — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The MacSporran 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacSporran ★ | DB/32 R4 DB6 R8 DB36 R4 K32 DG32 R8 DG6 R4 K4 LY/20 | 340 | 1975 | |
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| MacSporran | 0.41 | DB/34 R6 DB8 R10 DB40 R6 K40 G40 R10 G8 R6 K6 Y/22 | 416 | 1978 |
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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.
