Tessellation Patterns

Commenters debate whether a visual pattern resembles a tessellation, frequently referencing Penrose tilings, hexagonal grids, rectangles, and other geometric shapes that fit together without gaps.

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Avshalom Dec 12, 2020 View on HN

if done right they can tessellate

pavel_lishin Jun 15, 2017 View on HN

Whoa, weird. It seems to coalesce into very regular rectangles for me!

jakobegger Sep 18, 2018 View on HN

Would probably make more sense to choose some hexagonal pattern.

rongopo Oct 9, 2022 View on HN

The grid is not squared, is hexagonal, surely it relates to that.

adamrezich Jul 18, 2022 View on HN

I think the "gradient around the edges" of the tiles might work better with hexagons than triangles

avmich Mar 30, 2021 View on HN

Can it be arrangeable according to Penrose tiling?

codeulike Oct 8, 2019 View on HN

How about some Penrose tiles?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_tiling

WithinReason Dec 1, 2022 View on HN

Are any of these actual Penrose tilings?

bhedgeoser Sep 9, 2022 View on HN

How is this different from tessellation?

monadic2 Jun 7, 2020 View on HN

I can't be the only person who thought this was about tiling!