Penman
A tartan of the Penman family.
Its design is pattern BBGGBGGBBKRKGB — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Family tartan supplied to Penman family members by the late William Penman for many years.
The Penman 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 |
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| Penman ★ | N/44 T24 DG24 Y4 T8 Y4 DG24 T24 N24 K2 R12 K4 DG20 T/20 | 412 | 1979 | |
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| Penman | 0.68 | N/22 DB12 G12 Y2 DB4 Y2 G12 DB12 N22 K2 R6 K2 G10 DB/10 | 228 | ~1992 |
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| Penman | 0.93 | N/22 DB12 G12 Y2 DB4 Y2 G12 DB12 N72 K2 R6 K2 G10 DB/10 | 328 | 1984 |
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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.