Napier Rose
Its design is pattern KWKWKWKWKRW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Napier Rose tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Napier Rose | K/16 W8 K8 W8 K8 W16 K8 W8 K16 R48 W/4 | 276 | 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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276

288

168

408

284

288

344

444

288

344

466

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.