Ayrshire
A tartan of the Ayrshire family.
Its design is pattern BBBWGGYG — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Ayrshire tartan groups 3 setts — the same named design recorded as different cloths (its kilt, Carpet, Child's…, or a transcription apart). The master sett (★) is the exemplar.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayrshire ★ | DB/8 DR4 DB40 W4 DY16 G32 LY4 G/8 | 216 | ~1985 | |
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| District Tartan | 0.04 | DB/8 R4 DB40 W4 DY16 G32 Y4 G/8 | 216 | 1988 |
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| Ayrshire | 0.61 | DB/8 R4 DB40 W4 O16 G32 Y4 G/8 | 216 | — |
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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.











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.

