Bethune
A tartan of the Bethune family.
Its design is pattern WBYKYKWKGRKRW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Designed by Phil Smith; as MacBeth but with a light blue stripe added in the darker blue ground.
The Bethune tartan groups 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethune ★ | LB/8 DB72 LY16 K20 LY4 K4 W4 K8 G32 R24 K4 R12 W/4 | 412 | 1997 | |
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| Bethune | 1.00 | B/8 DB72 Y16 K20 Y4 K4 W4 K8 G32 K4 R12 W/4 | 364 | — |
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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.