Scrymgeour
A tartan of the Scrymgeour family.
Its design is pattern RKYGRKY — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Designed by Donald C. Stewart in 1970; displayed at a Scrymgeour gathering at Dudhope Castle, Dundee, 1971.
The Scrymgeour 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scrymgeour ★ | R/90 K6 LO12 G18 R12 K6 LO/90 | 288 | 1971 | |
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| (Clan) | 3.04 | DR/90 K6 LO12 DB18 DR12 K6 LO/90 | 288 | 1971 |
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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.











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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.
