MacNab 4
A tartan of the [MacNab](/families/macnab/) family.
Its design is pattern [RGWGR](/stripes/rgwgr/) — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.









The MacNab 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacNab 4 | R/24 G1 LB1 G2 Ri/24 | 56 | 1819 | |
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| · ×2 — MacNab 4 | 0.07 | R/48 G2 LB2 G4 Ri/48 | 112 | — |
| · ×4 — MacNab (Smith) | 0.00 | R/96 G4 LB4 G8 Ri/96 | 224 | 1819 |
| 2 Variants: MacNab 4 · MacNab (Smith) | ||||
Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- MacNab
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.
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Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 10270 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.