Nova Scotia Dress
Its design is pattern BWRGGGGGGBW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Nova Scotia Dress tartan groups 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nova Scotia Dress ★ | DB/4 W40 R2 Y4 DG16 G8 DG4 G4 DG4 DB40 W/4 | 252 | 1982 | |
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| (District) | 0.16 | T/4 W40 R2 Y4 DG16 G8 DG4 G4 DG4 T40 W/4 | 252 | 1963 |
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| Nova Scotia, dress | 0.60 | DB/4 W40 R2 Y4 DG16 B8 DG4 B4 DG4 DB40 W/4 | 252 | — |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Nova Scotia, dress
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.

