Isle of Skye
Its design is pattern WGWYGGWGGWGWGGGWGWGGWGGYWGWY — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Skye district tartan, designed via worldwide competition in 1992, its colours depicting the misty island's landscape.
The Isle of Skye tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isle of Skye | W/14 DY6 W58 LY40 DY12 G2 W16 G2 DY8 W6 DY16 W12 G2 DY16 G2 W12 DY16 W6 DY8 G2 W16 G2 DY12 LY40 W58 DY6 W14 LY/14 | 808 | 2004 | |
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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.

