Nithsdale
A tartan of the Nithsdale family.
Its design is pattern BRGRGRGRGR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Nithsdale 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nithsdale | DB/10 R2 G2 R6 G16 R1 G2 R1 G3 R/6 | 82 | 1930 | |
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| · ×2 — Nithsdale | 0.00 | DB/20 R4 G4 R12 G32 R2 G4 R2 G6 R/12 | 164 | 1930 |
| · ×4 — (3 colours) (District) | 0.00 | DB/40 R8 G8 R24 G64 R4 G8 R4 G12 R/24 | 328 | 1930 |
| 3 Variants: Nithsdale · (3 colours) (District) · Nithsdale | ||||
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.