Forbes
A tartan of the Forbes family.
Its design is pattern BGBGBBBWBWBBWRWB — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Forbes tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forbes | DT/72 W4 O32 W4 DB64 DP32 W4 DT72 W4 DT80 DP32 DT24 G32 DB40 G40 DB/4 | 1004 | 1970 | |
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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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1004
282
278
288
250
296
360
396
474
732
462
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.