MacLean
A tartan of the MacLean family.
Its design is pattern WKWKWKWKWKW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The MacLean tartan is one sett, recorded at 2 scales — the same proportion woven finer or broader. The top row is the unit proportion; each scale row is one weaving of it.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacLean | W/20 K6 W9 K6 W6 K12 W6 K48 W8 K16 W/16 | 270 | 2002 | |
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| · ×1 — Black & White | 0.00 | W/20 K6 W9 K6 W6 K12 W6 K48 W8 K16 W/16 | 270 | — |
| · ×2 — (Black and White) | 0.00 | W/40 K12 W18 K12 W12 K24 W12 K96 W16 K32 W/32 | 540 | 2002 |
| 2 Variants: Black & White · (Black and White) | ||||
Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- MacLean B & W
- MacLean, Black & White
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.