McBain
Its design is pattern BWWKWKWWKGKWBRGRBGW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The McBain tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McBain | DR/120 W4 LB10 K4 W4 K4 LB10 W4 K4 G24 K4 W4 DR10 R10 G4 R10 DR10 G20 W/4 | 404 | 1960 | |
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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.
ΔTartan
Threads
Variant
Sett
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404

194

83

336

302

284

298

298

450

668

388

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.