Whitworth
A tartan of the Whitworth family.
Its design is pattern BKBKBKBGRKRGBKGBKG — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Reputedly cut from Prince Charles's '45 plaid, but likely a c.1790 commercial copy of a "Prince's Plaid."
The Whitworth tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitworth | DB/120 K4 DB4 K4 DB10 K30 DB10 G40 R4 K6 R4 G40 DB10 K30 G10 DB40 K4 G/8 | 628 | 2003 | |
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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.