Mars
A tartan of the Mars family.
Its design is pattern BGBKGKBKGBW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Based on the Hay Clan tartan, with blue signifying Royal Family and Royal Engineers service, and black for Highland regimental service.
The Mars 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 |
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| Mars ★ | DR/32 G32 DR16 K16 Y6 K6 DB6 K6 Y6 DR28 W/6 | 282 | 2002 | |
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| Family Tartan | 0.60 | DR/32 G32 DR16 K16 LO6 K6 DB6 K6 LO6 DR28 W/6 | 282 | 2002 |
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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.