This is another one of those illusions that is so strong, so powerful,
that you won't believe me until you actually take two peices of paper,
or your hands and cover up part of the screen.
Here's what you should do: First, notice that the upper left shade
of red looks much lighter than the shade of red in the lower right corner.
Actually, this is NOT TRUE! The red is exactly the same shade. Second,
to prove my point, cover up the top three "letters" with one
hand, and the letter on the bottom with your other hand. Yes, that's
exactly the same shade of red.
How does this optical illusion work? As you have probabbly guessed,
it's because of the black and white outlines in the characters. When
you put white next to any color, it will bring out the lighter characteristics
of that color, as you can see in the example above. The same is true
with black, the more black next to something, the more that the black
will cause us to perceive the colors around it as darker.
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Same Shade Diamonds Our newest optical illusion.
We just created it on 10/10/2009
Wow! It will look like the diamonds on the top are much darker than the diamonds on the bottom.
You won't believe how amazing this incredible optical illusion is.
Watch as the scary faces disappear before your eyes.
The longer you stare the stronger the illusion. Perfect to send to your friends for Halloween!
The Obama Illusion
We made this original Barack Obama Illusion and then we made it famous!
Stare for about 30 seconds and you'll see his ghostly image appear on the wall!
Valentines Day Love Test Illusion
This is one of our most highly rated illusions by our visitors. Watch the hearts disappear before your very eyes!
This is really cool. You'll start to see the hearts disappear as you fixate at the center. Don't miss it.
Moving Spiral Illusion
A version of our original moving spiral illusion was recently published in a popular college textbook.
It uses multiple illusory principles to give the illusion that it is moving when it is absolutely not moving. Big enough to be your desktop background!
Build Your Own Impossible Triangle
Instructions so you can build your own impossible triangle. Tell M.C. Escher that it's not so impossible after all!
Comes with a printable PDF guide with dotted lines for the folds and clearly marked lines to cut. See pictures of visitors submitted triangles too!
If you don't have time to see the hundreds of illusions today, see if you can at least catch all of these...
