MacPherson Dress
A tartan of the MacPherson family.
Its design is pattern GRWRWBW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The MacPherson Dress tartan groups 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacPherson Dress ★ | W/8 DR4 W50 R42 W6 R16 Y/6 | 250 | — | |
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| MacPherson, dress red | 0.05 | W/8 R4 W50 Ri42 W6 Ri16 Y/6 | 250 | — |
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| Red (Dance) | 2.11 | W/10 DP6 W52 R40 W6 R16 Y/6 | 256 | 1980 |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- MacPherson Dress Red
- MacPherson Dress, Red
- MacPherson Red Dress
- MacPherson, Red
- MacPherson, dress red
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.

