Rose
A tartan of the Rose family.
Its design is pattern GRBRBRBRW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
From the Vestiarium Scoticum (1842); regarded by Stewart as a dress sett, with a hunting version recorded by Logan.
The Rose tartan groups 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rose ★ | G/8 R64 DB18 R12 DB4 R6 DB4 R24 W/6 | 278 | 1842 | |
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| Rose | 0.29 | G/2 R28 DB6 R5 DB2 R2 DB2 R11 W/2 | 116 | — |
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| · ×1 — Rose | 0.29 | G/2 R28 DB6 R5 DB2 R2 DB2 R11 W/2 | 116 | — |
| · ×2 — Rose | 0.29 | G/4 R56 DB12 R10 DB4 R4 DB4 R22 W/4 | 232 | — |
| 2 Variants: Rose · Rose | ||||
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.
