Gillies
A tartan of the Gillies family.
Its design is pattern BKGRGKGKGRGKBK — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Gillies 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gillies ★ | DB/88 K15 G9 R12 G20 K3 Y8 K6 G20 R12 G9 K15 DB24 K/36 | 430 | 1940 | |
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| Gillies | 0.04 | DB/176 K30 G18 R24 G40 K6 Y16 K6 G40 R24 G18 K30 DB48 K/72 | 848 | — |
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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.











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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.
