National
Its design is pattern WBRKGGBKW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Designed by the National Association of Scottish Woollen Manufacturers in 1934.
The National tartan is one sett, recorded at 2 scales — the same proportion woven finer or broader. The top row is the unit proportion; each scale row is one weaving of it.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | W/2 DB3 R6 K8 G12 Y1 DB4 K2 W/2 | 76 | 1934 | |
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| · ×2 — National | 0.00 | W/4 DB6 R12 K16 G24 Y2 DB8 K4 W/4 | 152 | 1934 |
| · ×4 — Scottish National - 1934 (Fashion) | 0.00 | W/8 DB12 R24 K32 G48 Y4 DB16 K8 W/8 | 304 | 1934 |
| 2 Variants: National · Scottish National - 1934 (Fashion) | ||||
Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Scottish National
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.