MacDowall
Its design is pattern GWKWKWKBKBGW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Designed 2007 for the senior MacDowall branch; modified Hunting Stewart of Galloway with MacDowall livery colours.
The MacDowall tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacDowall | Y/6 W24 K6 W6 K6 W6 K14 DB96 K14 DB6 G28 W/6 | 424 | 2007 | |
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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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424

304

328

276

284

208

214

242

272

479

416

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.