Houston
A tartan of the Houston family.
Its design is pattern GYGYGYGYGYBY — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Houston tartan groups 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston ★ | LY/64 DO4 LY24 DY4 LY2 G4 LY2 DY4 LY2 G4 LY2 DY/4 | 172 | 1994 | |
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| 2 Variants: (Personal) · #2 (Personal) | ||||
| Family Tartan | 0.15 | LYi/4 LY4 LYi24 DY4 LYi64 LY4 LYi2 G4 LYi2 LY4 LYi2 G/4 | 236 | 1994 |
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| (Personal) | 6.07 | LY/4 DY4 LY24 DO4 LY64 DY4 LY2 G4 LY2 DY4 LY2 G/4 | 236 | 1994 |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Houston #2
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.






