MacLellan
A tartan of the MacLellan family.
Its design is pattern BKGRGKGKGRGKBK — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The MacLellan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacLellan ★ | DB/60 K32 G12 R12 G20 K8 Y8 K8 G20 R12 G12 K32 DB32 K/32 | 508 | 2002 | |
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| Clan Tartan | 0.28 | K/30 DB14 K30 G10 R10 G16 K8 Y8 K8 G16 R10 G10 K30 DB/58 | 428 | ~2003 |
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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.
