What would you call the pattern in the pictures attached? ‘Checked’, ‘checkered’, ‘check’, ‘plaid’?

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1. Checkered.

2. Plaid

3. Checkered Vans

4. For the first one I would say checked, but check and checkered are all used IME and would be perfectly understood.

   Second one is plaid to me.

5. The first pattern is checkered, the second pattern is plaid.

   Flannel is a fabric, plaid is a pattern. People will sometimes use these interchangeably because a lot of flannel clothing has a plaid pattern on it.

6. For me, the first one would be checked and the second one would be plaid.

7. Checkered, plaid

8. 1-checkered or checked
   2-plaid

9. Checks are alternating patterns.

   Plaid refers to overlapping patterns.

10. Checkerboard.

11. First is checkered, second is plaid

12. I would say:

    1. Checked or checkered, either one

    2. Plaid (never “checked”)

13. I only see the one picture. The black and white vans are “checkerboard” pattern.

14. Checkered and plaid

15. 1) checkered
    2) plaid

16. First is checkerboard or checkered, second is tartan.

17. first is checkered or checkerboard, second is plaid.

18. Everyone already answered your question, so I’ll give you aa little history that might help you remember what plaid is.

    **Plaid originates in Scotland, where it is authentically known as ‘tartan’. Over 3,000 years ago, Scots wore tartan to represent their family clans across the Scottish Highlands. Skip forward to present day, and the pattern, in all its varieties, has become a fashion staple across the board. But some plaid varieties worn today still have a long-standing symbolic history.**

    ​

    [Well Plaid – The 7 Patterns to Know (heddels.com)](https://www.heddels.com/2017/10/well-plaid-the-7-patterns-to-know/)

19. Checker

20. The Vans themselves are technically called “checkerboard”.

21. Another vote for Checkered and Plaid.

    Checkered is an alternating pattern of squares. Plaid is overlapping perpendicular lines of 2 or more colors over a 3rd background color.

    To my eye they are fundamentally different patterns.

22. checkered or chequered i’d say.

23. Checkered

24. 1. Paisley

    2. Polka dot

25. Checkered for number 1 and plaid for number 2

26. 1 checkered
    2 plaid

27. 1 is checkered, 2 is plaid.

28. First is checkered, second is plaid.

29. confirming checkered and plaid respectively for me

30. Checkered and plaid.

31. 1> Checkered, Checked, or Two-tone (in some circles)

    2> Plaid.

32. 1- Checkerboard

    2- I call that flannel (incorrectly but whatever).. plaid is what the pattern is called

33. 1: Checkerboard pattern

    2: Plaid

34. 1 is checkered, 2 is plaid.

35. The 1st is checkered. The 2nd is plaid.