Crieff
A tartan of the Crieff family.
Its design is pattern RRGRGRBRGRGRR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Large district sett from Crieff, Perthshire, famed cattle-droving tryst; recorded by Wilson's from 1793.
The Crieff 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crieff ★ | M/2 R6 G4 R70 G4 R2 DP21 R2 G85 R2 G4 R6 M/2 | 416 | 1797 | |
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| District Tartan | 0.49 | Ri/4 R10 G7 R70 G7 R4 DP21 R4 G85 R4 G7 R10 Ri/4 | 466 | 1793 |
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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.
