MacThomas
A tartan of the MacThomas family.
Its design is pattern BBBKGRG — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Designed by David Thomas in 1975, registered with Lord Lyon 1979; woven by Strathmore Woollen Co., Forfar.
The MacThomas tartan groups 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacThomas ★ | DB/10 DR6 DB64 K32 G64 O6 G/10 | 364 | 1949 | |
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| Clan Tartan | 0.15 | DB/6 R4 DB44 K22 G48 O4 G/6 | 256 | 1975 |
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| MacThomas | 0.35 | DB/3 R2 DB21 K11 G21 R2 G/3 | 120 | — |
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| · ×1 — MacThomas | 0.35 | DB/3 R2 DB21 K11 G21 R2 G/3 | 120 | — |
| · ×2 — MacThomas | 0.35 | DB/6 R4 DB42 K22 G42 R4 G/6 | 240 | — |
| 2 Variants: MacThomas · MacThomas | ||||
| MacThomas | 0.40 | DB/4 R4 DB42 K22 G42 R4 G/4 | 236 | — |
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| (Clan) | 0.42 | DB/10 R6 DB64 K32 DG64 LP6 DG/10 | 364 | 1954 |
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| MacThomas | 0.44 | DB/6 R4 DB44 K22 G48 B4 G/6 | 256 | — |
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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.