Red Lichtie
Its design is pattern GBGBGBBWBBRBRBRWBRW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Arbroath's official district tartan, adopted 2012, named for the town's "Red Lichtie" nickname.
The Red Lichtie 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 |
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| Red Lichtie ★ | W/6 R4 DR2 W2 R18 DR2 R4 DR4 R2 DR54 DB2 LB4 DR2 DB22 DY2 DR4 DY2 DR4 DY/2 | 276 | 2012 | |
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| (District) | 1.20 | W/6 R4 DR2 R18 DR2 R4 DR4 R2 DR54 DB2 LB4 DR2 DB22 LO2 DR4 LO2 DR4 LO/2 | 272 | 2012 |
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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.