Orkney Slate
A tartan of Clan Orkney.
Its design is pattern BGKBGKGB — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Orkney Slate tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orkney Slate | DT/8 Y74 K8 DT42 Y11 K2 Y16 DT/4 | 318 | 2011 | |
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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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318

216

100

324

262

346

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.