Whitson
A tartan of the Whitson family.
Its design is pattern BBBBKYGKW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Whitson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitson ★ | LB/16 K4 G76 LO4 K76 DB52 DR8 DB16 DR/8 | 496 | 1981 | |
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| Whitson | 0.62 | W/8 K2 G38 Y2 K38 DB26 R4 DB8 R/4 | 248 | 1984 |
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| #2 | 0.77 | W/8 K2 G36 K34 DB26 R2 DB6 R/2 | 222 | — |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Whitson #2
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.

