Lotus Elan
Its design is pattern KYKYKGKWBKWKY — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Lotus Elan tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lotus Elan | K/6 LY8 K6 LY8 K6 G32 K32 W6 T32 K4 W4 K4 LY/4 | 294 | ~1963 | |
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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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294

272

492

230

112

416

412

342

272

236

274

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.