Tessellations of the type P31M

Tessellations of the type P31M

Explanation & Background
Repeating shape is the regular hexagon.
Inside the hexagon there is a rotation over 120 and 240 degrees, the whole vertically mirrored.
System P31M is very suitable to design symmetric recognizable figures.

Optical Illusion: Kanizsa Triangle

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