Heriot Watt University
Its design is pattern BBBGRGBBYGYBBGRGBB — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Created in 1996 for the 30th anniversary of Heriot Watt University's charter.
The Heriot Watt University tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heriot Watt University | T/64 DB2 DG32 R4 DG4 DT36 T8 LO2 DG10 LO2 T8 DT36 DG4 R4 DG32 DB2 T64 DT/6 | 570 | 1996 | |
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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
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Sett
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598
146
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652
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.