Black
A tartan of the Black family.
Its design is pattern KBKWKY — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Found in a northern England shop during WWII; brought to a US Highland Games stand in 1990.
The Black 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black ★ | K/34 DR12 K4 LB12 K34 LY/4 | 162 | 2003 | |
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| Clan/Family Tartan | 0.30 | K/34 DR12 K4 LB12 K34 LO/4 | 162 | ~1945 |
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| (asymmetric) | 0.30 | K/34 DR12 K4 W12 K34 LY/4 | 162 | ~1945 |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Black 1990
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.