Mingulay
Its design is pattern BBRBWBWRBRW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Fashion tartan named for the tiny Outer Hebridean island, found on a ladies skirt bought in 1986.
The Mingulay tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mingulay | DB/180 N20 O4 DT4 LB4 DT4 LB20 O12 DT4 O8 LB/4 | 344 | 1986 | |
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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.
ΔTartan
Threads
Variant
Sett
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344
232
290
228
264
196
204
440
340
262
314
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.