Took me a second to realize that you're refering to the "paisley" (apparently from the name of a scottish town where these were initially produced to make low cost copies of real imported bandanas) patterened bandana. I mostly think of the term as a generic term for any head scarf or handkerchief of a certain size. I have one here that has patterns that are probably supposed to resemble batik cloth.
Took me a second to realize that you're refering to the "paisley" (apparently from the name of a scottish town where these were initially produced to make low cost copies of real imported bandanas) patterened bandana. I mostly think of the term as a generic term for any head scarf or handkerchief of a certain size. I have one here that has patterns that are probably supposed to resemble batik cloth.