nifty optical illusion

[Dan]

click here

Squares A and B in the above picture are actually the same colour. Believe you me, I checked it in photoshop.

 

[NeptuneUK]

omg, they really are!! :S:S

 

[Maxi]

Yep, it's a neat trick.

Also, if you "tile" a floor or a wall, if you use different colored mortar, for example white or brown, one color for the wall and one for the floor, then use the same colored tiles, they will look as if they are different colored, yet they are the same.

 

[Steve]

That's insane! My brain is lying to me! Stupid relative color association!

 

[marksmanHL2 :)]

Yeah, I have this saved on my computer. Kind of disturbing at first... lol

 

[Druckles]

argh! Scary, ok, please, brain work! And I should be able to tell the difference!

 

[Vegeta897]

That is so crazy!! Best illusion I've ever seen.

 

[we11er]

wtf, i'm pulling out photoshop as we speak!

edit: omg, that is insane

 

[Ennui]

yeah, i remember disbelievingly checking it in photoshop. mindblowing, eh?

 

[h00dlum]

that one is really weiird..

 

[AzzMan]

is it because B is surrounded by darker tiles, giving the impression that it is lighter? I'd find out for myself but I don't have photoshop available...

 

[we11er]

Something like that. Your brain knows (thinks) it's in shadows, so automatically makes it lighter in your perception of it. Or something :x

 

[SLH]

See before, it's got to be the best one i've seen though.

 

[joule]

I don't see it. I see Square A and Square B to be different shades of gray.
What the...?

 

[we11er]

I don't see it. I see Square A and Square B to be different shades of gray.
What the...?

Exactly! Seriously, they are the same! Cover up most of the picture with your hands, you'll see they're the same.

 

[joule]

Exactly! Seriously, they are the same! Cover up most of the picture with your hands, you'll see they're the same.

Ah. I see it now. Pretty cool.

 

[Baal]

I've seen this before....it really is unbelieveable.

*smacks brain* "WORK!!"

 

[NeptuneUK]

just look at it in paint for crying out loud! grab a chunk of A and hover it over B
for u dummies

 

[Alig]

Had that on my PC for ages...its really cool. I would send it to MSN buddy's but until i saw this thread i could never remember what the illusion was

This is my favourite though [img=http://img23.exs.cx/img23/3236/illusioncount9nz.th.gif] Count how many people there are, and wait 10 seconds.

 

[SLH]

Yeah, that's another good one.

 

[Dan]

I recall that one being here a while back. It took ages for the whole forum to figure it out