Rothesay
A tartan of the Rothesay family.
Its design is pattern WRGRGRGRGRGRGRWRW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Rothesay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rothesay ★ | W/8 R83 G7 R5 G7 R7 G28 R7 G28 R7 G7 R5 G7 R83 W4 R4 W/8 | 594 | 1840 | |
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| Red (Royal) | 0.13 | W/8 R83 DG7 R5 DG7 R7 DG28 R7 DG28 R7 DG7 R5 DG7 R83 W4 R4 W/8 | 594 | 1840 |
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| Rothesay | 0.59 | W/4 R64 DG4 R6 DG4 R8 DG34 R8 DG32 R8 DG4 R6 DG4 R64 W2 R2 W/4 | 508 | 1842 |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Rothesay, Red
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.

