MacAlister
A tartan of the MacAlister family.
Its design is pattern RGGRGGRBRWRGRWRWRGRWRGRWRWRGGR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Descended from MacDonalds; design reflects that connection, certified by the chief in 1816.
The MacAlister tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacAlister | R/48 G12 Y4 R8 Y4 G12 R12 DB12 R24 LB4 R4 G32 R4 LB4 R48 LB4 R4 G32 R4 LB4 R24 G8 R4 LB4 R8 LB4 R4 G12 Y4 R/16 | 672 | — | |
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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.