Spirit of Scotland
Its design is pattern BBBBBBBGBKB — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Designed 2002 by Michael King, Aberdeen; adopted by National Trust for Scotland for Fyvie Castle.
The Spirit of Scotland 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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| Spirit of Scotland ★ | DB/192 DP16 DB24 B6 DB6 B6 DB6 DG40 DP16 K6 DP/28 | 472 | 1998 | |
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| (Corporate) | 5.92 | DBi/192 DP16 DBi24 DB6 DBi6 DB6 DBi6 DG40 DP16 K6 DP/28 | 472 | ~1998 |
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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.