Middleton
Its design is pattern GRGR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Associated with the Forbes and Innes clans; the Middletons of Cromarty included WWI agriculturalist Sir Thomas Middleton.
The Middleton tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middleton | G/128 R8 G16 R/88 | 264 | 1906 | |
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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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264

108

254

132

168

68

136

258

192

126

104

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.