Malcolm Dress
A tartan of the Malcolm family.
Its design is pattern KGKYKGKGKBRBRBKWKWKWKWKW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Malcolm Dress 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malcolm Dress ★ | K/28 G36 K8 LY8 K8 Y8 K8 G36 K28 DB28 R8 DB12 R8 DB28 K28 W8 K8 W44 K8 W12 K8 W44 K8 W/8 | 820 | 1888 | |
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| Malcolm, dress | 0.69 | K/4 Y4 K4 G18 K14 W4 K6 W24 K4 W8 K4 W24 K6 W4 K14 DB14 R4 DB6 R4 DB14 K14 G18 K4 LB/4 | 440 | — |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Malcolm, dress
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.
