Royal Columbian
Its design is pattern BWRWGGGBW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Royal Columbian 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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| Royal Columbian ★ | T/52 LB52 R4 LB52 G52 Y4 G52 T52 W/4 | 592 | 1968 | |
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| Canadian Tartan | 0.20 | DB/50 W4 DB50 LB50 R4 LB50 G50 DY4 G/50 | 524 | ~2003 |
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| Royal Columbian | 0.21 | DB/50 LB50 R4 LB50 G50 Y4 G50 DB50 W/8 | 574 | — |
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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.