Ancient Universal
Its design is pattern GGGGGGGG — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Ancient Universal tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Universal | Y/24 DG4 Y4 DG4 Y4 DY16 G16 DY/2 | 122 | ~1985 | |
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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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122
416
310
332
336
286
570
436
326
642
224
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.