South Africa
Its design is pattern KGKGKBWGWRKBKW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The South Africa tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | W/8 K2 DB48 K2 R16 W4 G16 W4 DB16 K2 Y4 K16 Y4 K/2 | 278 | 2007 | |
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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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278

306

258

400

444

246

248

214

246

286

318

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.