Edinburgh
A tartan of the Edinburgh family.
Its design is pattern KBGRKRKBW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Designed by Councillor Hugh Macpherson in 1970 for the Commonwealth Games, with colours symbolising the City of Edinburgh.
The Edinburgh 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh ★ | W/6 DB44 K4 R6 K4 R10 G14 B4 K/4 | 182 | — | |
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| Edinburgh | 0.55 | W/8 DB50 K4 R8 K6 R12 G17 DP7 K/4 | 220 | — |
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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.