Montrose
A tartan of the Montrose family.
Its design is pattern BKBBKGBKB — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Montrose tartan groups 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montrose ★ | DB/4 K4 DR48 G48 K24 DB20 DR48 K4 DB/4 | 400 | 1986 | |
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| Montrose | 0.18 | DB/2 K2 R24 G24 K12 DB10 R24 K2 DB/2 | 200 | 1819 |
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| Montrose | 0.56 | LB/2 K2 R14 G15 K8 LB7 R14 K2 LB/2 | 128 | — |
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| · ×1 — Montrose | 0.56 | LB/2 K2 R14 G15 K8 LB7 R14 K2 LB/2 | 128 | — |
| · ×2 — Montrose | 0.56 | LB/4 K4 R28 G30 K16 LB14 R28 K4 LB/4 | 256 | — |
| 2 Variants: Montrose · Montrose | ||||
| Montrose | 5.16 | W/2 K2 R14 G15 K8 W7 R14 K2 W/2 | 128 | — |
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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.


