MacDonald Dress
A tartan of the MacDonald family.
Its design is pattern BRBRBRBRKRKGRGRGRGRGKWRWWWWWRWK — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The MacDonald Dress 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacDonald Dress ★ | K/8 W4 R2 W14 LB6 W46 LB6 W14 R2 W4 K8 G8 R2 G2 R2 G2 R2 G2 R2 G8 K8 R2 K8 R2 DB2 R2 DB2 R2 DB2 R2 DB/8 | 352 | ~2003 | |
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| MacDonald, dress | 0.04 | K/8 W4 R2 W14 B6 W46 B6 W14 R2 W4 K8 G8 R2 G2 R2 G2 R2 G2 R2 G8 K8 R2 K8 R2 DB2 R2 DB2 R2 DB2 R2 DB/8 | 352 | — |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- MacDonald Dress #3
- MacDonald, dress
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.
