By Vurdlak on March 12, 2006, with 224 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.
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Oh, look, a sailboat.
Cool….
That was so beautiful, I was in awe when I saw it.
IT WAS SOOOOO COOOOOL!!!!!!!!
It was a very pretty color. Now that they’ve mentioned it, i’ve also wondered at this color. why can’t it show up on the computers and TVs and stuff? my car is this color.
I am truly impressed…that is really cool. I’m still seeing a strange blue circle…
It’s so pretty.. =o It’s gonna be stained on my eyes for awhile more, though, but it was worth it. =)
I cheated and only looked for about 10 seconds. It still works ;-)
cool it looks like everyone has a blue mole! HAHAHAHAHAH
after doing it, look straight at something white. :D
That’s such a pretty color! Thanks for putting this up here.
ooo behehehehe look at your hand straight after.. looks like a bingo dabber mark!
Awesome, if you look at the center of your hand
Wow! Reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaly Cooooooooooooooooool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL. my hand has a glowing blue circle now when i look at it.
When you look at the blue palett before you try the illusion, the ones on the left look greenish, but look at them right after you do it, they just look blue
that wuz crazy pople pretty nice imma do it again i wonder where i could se this color permanently (like on cars and on walls)…
ahaha . . ahh my eye !! lol
Simply fascinating and a great (painting) lesson for unveiling true colours… tks!
:O!! Pretty!!! It’s STILL infront of my eyes, lol, i listened to the last half of a 4 minute song and willed myself not to blink..it’s very worth it. <3
it was cool i guess better then most of the illusions
Wow It is a reallllllllllllly pretty color
COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
I think I dreamt that color once. It was the sky on an alien planet :)
Beautiful!
if you get up cloaser to the screen when u start looking at it the efect is better.
OMG my eyes! What have you done!!!
owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww my freakin retna!
shiiiit,,
that was freaky stuff,,,, and it kept growing bigger as i moved away, i mean even beyond the box… wow,, ultra cool
That does look cool, but.
Has any one thought of the dammage this could be doing to my eyes?
Dude, it’s been 3 minutes, and I’m seeing a cyan circle where ever I look (like, on the white wall of my room.) That’s trippy.
I DONT SEE IT!! :( WAIT…CAN I BLINK??
Very Interesting…Thanks
Yes you can blink chinki.
That is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i cant get it out of my head
WOW!!!! THAT WAS REALLY PRETTY, IT WAS A REALLY COOL BLUISH COLOR, BUT I STILL SEE A BLUE CIRLCE………… AND WHEN I WAS STARING AT THE DOT, THE RING AROUND THE RED CIRCLE WAS HALF RED AND HALF BLUE, IT WAS GOING AROUND AND AROUND, IT WAS REALLY AWESOME!!!!!!!! THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS IMAGE ON HERE =)
awesome!!!!
I stumbled across your web site threw a search at Canadianblogs! I think this is very cool, and would like to share with others. I have posted your URL at my blog in order to share with others! I belong to a group that is called “Microsoft Home Ambassadors”. And right now we are looking at interesting blogs to share with others. Well I find yours interesting! And mostly alot of FUN! I am sure I will be checking back quite regularly just to see what you have done! I sure have enjoyed going threw all of your Illusions and so has the Grandson and husband!
I am still seeing little green spots going around and around LMAO!
TC! & HAGD!
testerswife (MHA)
It is too on the color pallete…. trust me…. I can hear things people can’t hear, and see things that otherwize can’t be seen… usually high pitched noises and colors. I have an eye for matching colors. Don’t mean to sound like a know-it-all but it’s true. There can’t possibly be a color that’s not on the color pallete. The colors off to the side are different shades… and each one is gradient by one on the slide. The color you see is near the center of the pallete. you can see this if you stare long enough, then look over at the pallete at a distance so the blue circle is just outside of it.. you will see its matching color.
CKOEOWL aka cool get c o o l and k e w l any way that thing is so awesome
Wow, that was areally pretty color….but now all I can see is the blue circle. It won’t go away.
it was so like pretty and i think u should show alot of people that
That is such a beautiful colour. It’s breathtaking. Thank you for sharing.
ty very much now im color blind for blues on that spot of my eye XD
that was way kewl.
but nobody special, srry but ur wrong 2,
cyan is on the colour pallet but not on the 1 bside the red dot.
that pallet is blue shades,
not cyan shades.
and personally i think that u only see weird colours cause u have bad eyesite,
any1 cud see its not on that pallet,
theyre pure blues fcs!!!
the circle can also represent the “center” of your vision… you have on focal point of your vision, and the circle can show it, when you get close enough to the screen… truly is a beautiful color though…
that was really cool. i could still see the color for a while after i stopped staring
it hurts me eyes!!!!!!!!!! lol but its awesome now my eyes are all wacked up!!!!!!! kool color though……..also y did we have to hold our hand still?
herk, why did you give my all this LSD ? i’m all wickblurp…
pretti!!!!!!! like me pony!!!!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH! IT BURNS!
OMG it’s beautiful!!!!
Woah cool…
but now the cyan ball is standing on my wiew!! :/
:o Look at yourself in a mirror right after! You look like you’re about to puke! :P
AHHHHHHHH! ouch ouch ouch… now all i see is a ring of blue! make it stop!
ugghhh…….hi…..i really think u should stop saying bad words!
Is any1 filtering this??? anyway i am sorry u have too see blue dots.
…Cuz… i know how u feel!!
oooo PRETTY
dude that was sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a cool color! I’m still seeing it which is a bit irritating but quite cool! Really pretty. And so bright and .. nice ^^
ive done that before with alot of things!!! like listen to what i say, if you stare directly at a light, and wait 5 seconds, it does that anyway!! still very cool though!
now where evr i luke ders a blue cyan lol dats tite
every time i look at any lights the same dots appear, i hav sensitive eyes. sumtimes with magenta
♥that was just amaZing♥ =^_^=
i got so far away that everything turned blue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
why am i seing this circle? it won’t leave me!…wait, it’s gone! coooooooool!!!
the cicle wont stop moving damn it it is so beautiful tho im gald i clicked on it it is the most gorgeous color i have ever seen
seriously its somehow so pure
wow
i liked how it looked when you look at the centre of your hand afterwards
wow… cool!
Certainly one of the best illusions i’ve seen. it got so bright. Then, also, when i looked away from the screen the blue color was everywhere. it took like 10 minutes to go away, very strong color. Keep ‘em comin! Great site.
alot cooler than it sounded cooool
Fantastic!
i never see these things darn
PhilJ
on 7:47 PM
Oh, look, a sailboat.
LMAO
Amazing!!! It was so beautiful! Way worth the teary eyes from staring for so long! Thank you!
Woah, that illusion is wicked! I keep seeing a blue circle everywhere I look!
this is so much a lsd trip
I can still see that stupid blue dot. O_O
LOve it!
LOve it!
LOve it!
;p
nobody special
Cyan is in that on that chart. Bottom left hand corner.
There however is a large difference between computer cyan and print cyan.
I honestly don’t know what you think you’re seeing, but displays have always sucked for true colour accuracy.
oh my god dat is amazing the circle looks so real its hard to believe its not real nd only imaginary its really cool on the palm of ure hand nd if u look at someting pink it turns purple its really freaky
I saw the color in about half a minute… But still it’s a nice illusion!
Wow, that was SO COOL!!!!!! I LOVED it!!!!!
I enjoy your site very much, and I hope you keep providing us with cool and interesting illusions like this. Keep up the good work!!!