California State
Its design is pattern GKGRGRGRGKBKW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Official California State tartan, adopted 1998, based on Muir for botanist John Muir; for general use by Californians.
The California State 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 |
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| California State ★ | Y/8 K2 G20 R4 G20 R8 G20 R4 G20 K32 T56 K2 LB/8 | 392 | 1997 | |
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| American District Tartan | 0.30 | LO/8 K2 G20 R4 G20 R8 G20 R4 G20 K32 T56 K2 LB/8 | 392 | 1998 |
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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.