Bowie
A tartan of the Bowie family.
Its design is pattern BRBRBWGWGRGYG — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Bowie tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowie | DG/16 LO4 DG8 R8 DG26 W4 DY26 W4 DB26 R8 DB6 R4 DB/16 | 280 | ~1991 | |
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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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280
280
276
280
312
304
360
250
248
280
776
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.