Cairn
A tartan of the Cairn family.
Its design is pattern BWBBBBBBBBBBGG — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Cairn tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cairn | N/12 W80 DR4 DB4 DR4 DB12 DR16 DB8 DR16 DB8 DR16 DB4 G32 DY/4 | 424 | 1984 | |
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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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424
290
284
244
284
224
344
300
300
278
252
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.