Oliver Hunting
A tartan of the Oliver family.
Its design is pattern KGGGKGWGW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Designed for the Oliver Society in 1973, based on the c.1820 'Tweedside' weavers' formula.
The Oliver Hunting tartan groups 3 setts — the same named design recorded as different cloths (its kilt, Carpet, Child's…, or a transcription apart). The master sett (★) is the exemplar.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Hunting ★ | LB/124 G10 LB6 G44 K6 G6 Y6 G6 K/12 | 304 | 1973 | |
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| 1973 (Clan) | 0.20 | T/124 G10 T6 G44 K6 G6 Y6 G6 K/12 | 304 | 1973 |
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| Oliver, hunting | 0.36 | DB/80 G6 DB4 G24 K4 G4 Y4 G4 K/6 | 186 | 1973 |
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Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Oliver, hunting
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.

