Malcolm Dress
A tartan of the Malcolm family.
Its design is pattern KGKYKBKGKBRBRBKWBWBWBWBWKWBWBWBWBWK — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Dress variant from 1890s, based on Wilson's 1847 sett; gold and azure derive from Malcolm armorial bearings.
The Malcolm Dress tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malcolm Dress | K/28 G36 K8 LY8 K8 DB8 K8 G36 K28 DB28 R8 DB12 R8 DB28 K28 W8 DB8 W44 DB8 W12 DB8 W44 DB8 W8 K28 W8 DB8 W44 DB8 W12 DB8 W44 DB8 W8 K/28 | 1208 | 1888 | |
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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.