Black Thistle
A tartan of Clan Black.
Its design is pattern BKGKGKRKR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Black Thistle tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Thistle | B/20 K12 G84 K4 G2 K4 R2 K48 R/4 | 336 | ~2007 | |
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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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336

160

180

304

250

218

304

224

724

390

360

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.