Armstrong
Its design is pattern GKGKBKBKBR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Border clan tartan; Armstrongs claim descent from royal armour-bearers granted Border lands; first recorded 1842.
The Armstrong tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong | R/6 DB24 K2 DB2 K2 DB4 K24 G60 K2 G/4 | 250 | 1842 | |
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| 2 Variants: (Clan) · Armstrong | ||||
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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250
160
248
386
336
352
224
246
360
338
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.