Testing the behavior of shading in TikZ with different angles and shapes.

shading

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% Author: Izaak Neutelings (May 2021)
% Description: hadronic top quark jet
\documentclass[border=3pt,tikz]{standalone}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{physics}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\usetikzlibrary{math} % for \tikzmath
\tikzset{>=latex} % for LaTeX arrow head
\colorlet{myblue}{blue!60!black}
\colorlet{mydarkblue}{blue!5!black}
\colorlet{mylightblue}{blue!60!black!5}
\begin{document}
% RESOLVED TOP JETS
\begin{tikzpicture}
\def\N{40}
\def\oang{26} % opening angle triangle
\foreach\i [evaluate={\x=1.2*\i; \ang=\i*360/\N}] in {0,...,\N}{
% SQUARE
\draw[thick,mydarkblue,
top color=mylightblue,bottom color=mydarkblue,shading angle=\ang]
(\x,0) rectangle++ (1,1);
\begin{scope}
\clip (\x,0) rectangle++ (1,1);
\draw[thick,myblue]
(\x+0.5,0.5)++(\ang+180:1) --++ (\ang:2);
\draw[thin,myblue,shift={(\ang-90:0.35)}]
(\x+0.5,0.5)++(\ang+180:1) --++ (\ang:2);
\draw[thin,myblue,shift={(\ang+90:0.35)}]
(\x+0.5,0.5)++(\ang+180:1) --++ (\ang:2);
\end{scope}
% CIRCLE
\draw[thick,mydarkblue,
top color=mylightblue,bottom color=mydarkblue,shading angle=\ang]
(\x+0.5,1.6) circle(0.5);
\begin{scope}
 
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