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March 12, 2006 by Vurdlak with 199 Comments

See a new color you’ve never seen before!!…Well… at least never before on your monitor. It’s a startling example of how poor the green/cyan element is on TVs and monitors generally. The colour you are about to witness is actually true Cyan … a colour that is heavily diluted on the vast optical illusions 10 majority of monitors (thanks to colour pollution). It’s a pity one needs an optical illusion to demonstrate this, but at least you can see what you’ve been missing ;-) Anyway on with the illusion….

Stare at the white dot in the centre of the red circle. The longer – the better (two minutes and you’ll get a much stronger effect). Always try to keep focused on the white dot. It’ll be worth it.
Soon after staring, you’ll start to see a thin rim of light around the edge. Don’t stop staring though yet! Wait another minute – keeping your head perfectly still.

Once you’ve done this, slowly – move your head backwards – making sure to keep your eyes focused on the dot at all times. The circle’s rim will glow brilliantly with true Cyan! Keep on moving your head slowly backwards, and it’ll glow very hot!…

The blue/cyan colour chart to the right isn’t part of the illusion, but there to demonstrate that the ultra cyan you have just seen is not in the monitor’s color palette! It should be, but isn’t.
It’s an amazing effect.

The Eclipse of Mars Illusion

Comments

199 Responses
  1. Anonymous says:

    I`ve seen similar stuff, but this is nice also..

  2. orly--orally says:

    oh my gosh this is the most beautiful color i’ve ever seen!!

    wow

    *stares in awe again*

  3. the technogirl says:

    the afterimage laasts too long. its as if its permanently burnt onto the retina.

  4. the technogirl says:

    wm, im #155,; i put that comment in November and nowits Jan! U tell me thatnoone else left a comment?

  5. Anonymous says:

    WOW niiiice

  6. Melissa says:

    Ever heard the song “Brand New Colony” by The Postal Service???
    This is what the sky wud look like!!!!

  7. glydelconcubierta27 says:

    shit! it’s the most beautiful illusion and color i’ve ever seen for my entire life! from now on, cyan is my favorite color!

  8. Anonymous says:

    That’s a beautiful color…:)

  9. Anonymous says:

    Get this blue circle out of my vision!!!

  10. the technogirl says:

    wtfdtigo? only 5 people ahead of me from Jan and now its May?

  11. AliceIgnis says:

    wow!! What a pretty color!!

  12. Anonymous says:

    It WAS AMAZING. I LOVE OPTICAL ILLUSIONS. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAA

  13. Ribbie says:

    This is my favourite optical illusion of all time. I SAID ALL! AND I MEAN…

    not really all.

  14. Franx says:

    Damn, that’s cool. Like, hyper cool.
    Cheers!

  15. Its the end of june now, and only 4? how popular is this site?

  16. Nebbit says:

    lol technogirl, i think you check this site and page to often… but i would of thought loads more people would of commented…

  17. !!! says:

    one of my alltime favs!

  18. Gauslender says:

    Just awesome… the new colour…

  19. abc says:

    cooooooooolllllllllllll…..it’s so beautiful…

  20. Anonymous says:

    the blue circle after image is burned into my retina

  21. GreenMint says:

    That. was. awesomely. bright. It felt like a beautiful, shining portal was about to reveal itself to me from my computer screen. But that red circle was in the way. And now that the beautiful dimension did not expose itself to me–like the rest, the memory of it it burned into my retina…

  22. koopaflower says:

    OMGGGGG SO COOOOL!!!!! I SENT IT TO SOME OF MY FRIENDS! :) IT TAKES A MINUTE OF STARING ACTUALLY. BUT IM CAPITALIZING BC WELL I CAPITALIZE WHEN SOMETHING IS LIKE REALLY INTERESTING! 8D OR JUST FOR NO REASON LOL. I LOVE THAT COLOR. VERY CUTE :)

  23. Anonymous says:

    the most beutiful color of all time!!!!

  24. Anonymous says:

    what you can do too, is watch the image for 2 minutes liek in the instructions, then close your eyes and keep your hand before your eyes so your eyes don’t catch any light. Then, even when your eyes are closed, you can see the cyan. But this effect is a bit too strong. I see it even now while typing this comment :)

  25. Robert says:

    holy crap it works

  26. abi luv :) says:

    sooooooooo bright i luv it is my fav color now I LUV CYAN YAY 4 CYAN

  27. ALex says:

    I only had to look at the image for a few seconds o get that color. It is truly magnificent but now I have that color burned into my retina. Its pretty but it makes things look a little strange.

  28. cris says:

    itss.. its… beutiful

  29. aaahhhhh says:

    omfg im color blind i didnt see anything

  30. Katie says:

    Wow! That is so pretty! Weird…..

  31. MiniStig1 says:

    *stares in awe*
    *gets blinded my cyan-ness*

  32. Sofie says:

    Wow. That was absolutely beautiful. I also tried to look on a white wall right after, and there was the cyan circle! Nice illusion :)

  33. ilikeillusions says:

    wow real cyan is the most beautiful color ever!

  34. Jacques says:

    WOW!! Eyes burning! Aaaarrrrgh

  35. lil ashalind says:

    amazing ! i have a new fav colour ^^

  36. theEgg says:

    same here!

  37. Tourean says:

    Shush up Nancy

  38. Jessie says:

    :O beeeaaaauuutiful colour.

  39. Klitch says:

    Yes the colour is pretty but then I’m now seeing blue circles EVERYWHERE and it’s quite annoying :P

  40. Dolphin says:

    It’s…It’s…It’s beautiful.Does anyone know a way to see pure brown?

  41. Blue Blaze says:

    This is awesome. But the thing is as I write this I see the circle still.

  42. lol says:

    now i can see a light blue circle on the screen! evil.

  43. Alis says:

    OMDG so damn cool

  44. Sj x says:

    OMG!!! This illusion is great!!! I love that clour it was so beautiful!! the only problem: there is now a stupid blue cirle afterimage. Apart from that GREAT!!!

  45. shashwat says:

    why is the name of this illusion ‘The Eclipse of Mars Illusion’?? anyways, i just love the color… why can’t they put in onto our monitors too?? :S

  46. just Dani says:

    its. still. there. @__@

    yes its a nice color but the effect last to long. i think im permanently seeing blue.. >.<

  47. iIlusionist says:

    omg

    such an awesome colour

  48. maddi says:

    I love that colour

  49. imnottellingyoumyname says:

    love the colour!!!

    P.S My name is Archie

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