Welsh National
Its design is pattern KGRGKGY — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Created by a 1967 Cardiff society to assert Welsh nationhood; colours from the Welsh flag, design echoing MacDonald.
The Welsh National tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welsh National | K/16 DY8 R8 DY8 K8 DY60 LY/8 | 208 | 1993 | |
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| 2 Variants: (Fashion) · #2 | ||||
Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Welsh National #2
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.