incredible illusion

from this thread - it’s certainly one of the best ones i’ve seen.

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the square labled “A” and the square labeled “B” are the SAME COLOR

don’t believe it?

I tried to do a little photoshop trick.
optical illusion

Still don’t believe it? You should save the picture and use a paint program and use the color selection tool to test. It’s incredible how our eyes deceive us.


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Maurice [ Quote ]

Yes, as the saying goes “dont beleive everything you see”… So true

December 28th, 2003 at 11:02 pm
amy [ Quote ]

that’s crazy i was just looking at that on another site…..neat stuff

December 28th, 2003 at 11:20 pm
andy [ Quote ]

i still dont get it X_X

also if you dont mind could i put your link on my blog/xanga cus i really like reading you stuff ^_^

December 29th, 2003 at 1:14 am
pyro [ Quote ]

Wha’?! That’s just scary!

December 29th, 2003 at 6:43 am
mariela [ Quote ]

i saved it and opened it on psp and used the eyedrop and they are the same : #6B696B ..that is very weird because one look much more lighter.

December 29th, 2003 at 7:57 am
nikkiana [ Quote ]

Whoa…. cool. :D

December 29th, 2003 at 8:32 am
dodo [ Quote ]

what don’t you get? pure essence is link free.

December 29th, 2003 at 11:36 am
clara [ Quote ]

That’s crazy!! :D even though i tested it with photoshop, i still can’t believe it! XD

December 29th, 2003 at 12:50 pm
Grace [ Quote ]

Wow! That’s truly amazing.

December 29th, 2003 at 7:29 pm
dianna [ Quote ]

crazy :) we had to take it into ps to see for ourselves ;) very cool

December 29th, 2003 at 10:26 pm
rdoell [ Quote ]

This is a very clever 3D rendering that plays with a popular optical illusion. I don’t agree with the theory that our eyes decieve us; our eyes actually have learned to compare spatially related objects and are doing the work on the fly so as we don’t have to think about it — if you wan’t to short circuit this automated process, try squinting your eyes and looking at the image through your eyelashes (a common artists technique) This will focus your eyes on the greys, eliminate most of the colors and in order to make out what is blurry, your eyes/brain will make thier decision based on contrast. The squares do look alike through squinted eyes.


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December 31st, 2003 at 2:14 pm
Daynah [ Quote ]

That’s amazing!

January 1st, 2004 at 2:07 pm
Kat [ Quote ]

ok. i still don’t believe it. my eyes don’t work! eep!

January 9th, 2004 at 10:13 am
laura [ Quote ]

that is so cool! its so weired though.

July 17th, 2004 at 3:27 pm
Kiui [ Quote ]

Wow, they do look the same through squinted eyes. That makes sense, because you can focus better on the two squares and not all the busyness around them, which creates the illusion in the first place.

September 26th, 2004 at 7:12 pm
Carolyn [ Quote ]

its true its really true! guess u cant beleive everything u see… right?

April 6th, 2008 at 9:30 am

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