American
Its design is pattern BRBWBWBWR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The American tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American | R/8 W8 B8 W8 B28 W16 B4 R84 B/8 | 328 | 1975 | |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- American )
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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328

164

284

216

328

216

312

304

340

256

256

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.