Spar Ltd
Its design is pattern GKBKBKBKGWGR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Designed for UK grocery chain Spar's 1997 Scottish conference, launched at Blair Castle, Perthshire.
The Spar Ltd 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 |
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| Spar Ltd ★ | G/36 K36 T40 K4 T8 K8 T40 K36 G36 W4 G8 R/4 | 480 | 1996 | |
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| Spar (UK) Ltd | 0.16 | K/8 DB40 K36 G36 W4 G8 R4 G36 K36 DB40 K4 DB/8 | 504 | — |
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| Spar (UK) Ltd Corporate Tartan | 0.46 | DB/40 K4 DB8 K4 DB40 K34 G36 DR4 G8 LB4 G36 K/36 | 432 | 1996 |
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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.
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.