\documentclass{standalone} % \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{xcolor} % \definecolor{craterm}{HTML}{616060} % \title{Squares} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{scope}[scale=2] \draw [color=white,fill=white] (-1,-1) rectangle (8,8); \foreach \x in {0,2,4,6} \draw [fill=black] (\x,0) rectangle (\x+1,1); \foreach \x in {2,4,6} \draw [fill=black] (\x,1) rectangle (\x+1,2); \foreach \x in {0,1,2,4,6} \draw [fill=black] (\x,2) rectangle (\x+1,3); \foreach \x in {4,6} \draw [fill=black] (\x,3) rectangle (\x+1,4); \foreach \x in {0,1,2,3,4,6} \draw [fill=black] (\x,4) rectangle (\x+1,5); \draw [fill=black] (6,5) rectangle (7,6); \foreach \x in {0,1,...,6} \draw [fill=black] (\x,6) rectangle (\x+1,7); \foreach \x in {0,1,...,6} \foreach \y in {0,1,...,6} \draw [color=craterm] (\x,\y) rectangle (\x+1,\y+1); \end{scope} % \begin{scope}[shift={(0,-1)}] \node at (8,0) {$\forall n \in N, 1+3+5+\cdots+(2n-1) = n^2$}; \end{scope} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}