MacAlister
A tartan of the MacAlister family.
Its design is pattern RGGRWRWRWRGRWRWRGRWRWRGRWRWRBRWRGGRGGRWRBRWR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The MacAlister 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 |
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| MacAlister ★ | R/16 G2 DG4 R4 LB2 R2 W2 R2 LB2 R4 DG6 R2 W2 R12 LB2 R2 DG24 R2 LB2 R32 LB2 R2 DG24 R2 LB2 R12 W2 R2 DB8 R2 W2 R4 DG6 G2 R4 G2 DG6 R6 W2 R2 DB4 R2 W2 R/16 | 456 | ~1845 | |
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| 2 Variants: Clan Tartan · (Smith 1850) | ||||
| MacAlister | 1.00 | R/16 DG2 G4 R4 LB2 R2 W2 R2 LB2 R4 G6 R2 W2 R12 LB2 R2 G24 R2 LB2 R32 LB2 R2 G24 R2 LB2 R12 W2 R2 DB8 R2 W2 R4 G6 DG2 R4 DG2 G6 R6 W2 R2 DB4 R2 W2 R/16 | 456 | — |
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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.