Orkney
A tartan of the Orkney family.
Its design is pattern BGBKGBKB — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Orkney tartan groups 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orkney ★ | DR/12 DG4 DB24 K4 DG24 DR18 K4 B/4 | 172 | — | |
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| (District?) | 0.51 | DR/18 G6 T38 K6 G38 DR26 K6 LY/6 | 264 | 2000 |
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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.