Alliance of Border Scots
Its design is pattern GKWGWGWGWGWGWKY — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Alliance of Border Scots tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance of Border Scots | G/8 K48 W8 DY8 W8 DY8 W8 DY8 W8 DY8 W8 DY8 W8 K48 LY/8 | 384 | 1991 | |
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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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384

312

312

268

272

201

248

164

248

492

248

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.