Ailsa
A tartan of the Ailsa family.
Its design is pattern GWRWRBRWR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Ailsa tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ailsa | O/18 W18 O18 N50 O2 W2 O2 W2 G/6 | 212 | 1985 | |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Ailsa, Grey
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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212

280

292

180

292

254

248

122

250

212

296

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.