Royal Air Force
Its design is pattern BBWBWBBBBBW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Royal Air Force tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Air Force | DR/6 T4 LB14 T6 LB40 DB8 DBi16 T40 DR6 T14 W/4 | 306 | 1988 | |
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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.
ΔTartan
Threads
Variant
Sett
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306
200
288
254
338
258
232
424
288
301
296
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.