Taplin
A tartan of the Taplin family.
Its design is pattern RKRGRKRGRKR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The Taplin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taplin ★ | R/104 K4 R10 Y6 R10 K10 R10 G6 R10 K4 R/104 | 348 | 2003 | |
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| (Name) | 0.01 | R/104 K4 R10 LY6 R10 K10 R10 G6 R10 K4 R/104 | 348 | 2003 |
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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.
