National Defense
Its design is pattern GRWBWR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Designed 2009 by Mark Wright (USA) to honour US National Defense Service Medal recipients, based on the medal's ribbon colours.
The National Defense tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Defense | R/80 W4 DB4 W4 R2 Y/40 | 148 | 2009 | |
 | ||||
Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- National Defense Commemorative
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.