National Galleries of Scotland
Its design is pattern KGKBRBR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Based on Black Watch; three claret stripes represent the three galleries, echoing Playfair's original National Gallery colour scheme.
The National Galleries of Scotland tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Galleries of Scotland | K/14 G44 K44 DB12 R4 DB30 R/4 | 286 | 1991 | |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- National Galleries of Scotland (Corp
- National Galleries, of Scotland
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.