This has to be one of the coolest illusions ever! To my knowledge, John Sadowski is the original creator of this type of illusions. This is how it works: just stare at the dot for 30 seconds. This is animated gif file, that keeps repeating infinately. After about 20 seconds, grey scaled image of spanish castle will appear, but as your eyes adapt to the inverted image you were seeing first, you will see black&white image change to COLOR! Amazing! For original, full sized illusion, visit John's website. There is also a movie clip available. If you would like to make your own Color Illusion, you should read this tutorial. If you make one, be sure to post link in comments! Previously we posted simmilar illusion. Check it here.







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  1. Anonymous Andy 

    I love these things.

  2. Anonymous Blues4budda 

    That is the coolest illusion. Thanks for posting these!

  3. Anonymous avenger13 

    love it! thanx for the cool things you post :)

  4. Anonymous dionisis84 

    This is a similar illusion!
    Hope you like it!!

    http://dionisis84.googlepages.com/landscape1

  5. Anonymous APRIL LOve yah richard! 

    AWSOME!!!I LOVE RICHARD!

  6. Anonymous APRIL LOve yah richard! 

    hi cool one

  7. Anonymous ~*NIQUE*~ 

    THAT WAS SOOO COOOLLL!

  8. Anonymous jon 

    You can make an illusion just like that really quickly - just get a photo on the computer, make two copies - one with the colours inverted (just open the photo in MS Paint and press Control + I), and one in black and white. Stare at the inverted one, and then the black and white one should be in colour.

  9. Anonymous Paper 

    COOOL LIKE HELL

  10. Anonymous picklez 

    ohh my god that was incredible

  11. Anonymous lol 

    omg....that is so retarded....all it is..is after about 20 sec. the pics change.....duh.

  12. Anonymous M 2 the H O 

    thats was pretty damn cool!

  13. Anonymous Sbredflag 

    WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

    (that means awesome)

  14. Anonymous M 2 the H O 

    u c black and white in colour, thats not retarted, thats awsome

  15. Blogger M 2 the H O 

    that was sooooooooooooooo cool

  16. Anonymous Matt 

    i did it without staring and it is truly white and black

    WOW

  17. Anonymous shado.za 

    whhhooooaaaaa!!!
    where did all dat colour come from????
    really REALLY cool!!!

    whats really weird is, when you move your eyes, the colour fades away, but once they're still again the colour fades back!!! (well-it happened to me!)

  18. Anonymous jane 

    that's incredible!!!

  19. Anonymous cfg 

    it didnt work for me!

  20. Anonymous 5ar 

    coolest illusion i every seen!

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    Its confusing as what i just typed XD

  22. Anonymous bbbb 

    lol said


    omg....that is so retarded....all it is..is after about 20 sec. the pics change.....duh.

    you're stupd lol

  23. Anonymous miRi 

    something like incredible...

  24. Anonymous Pandas 

    It doesnt work for me :'(

  25. Anonymous Mandaaaaa 

    SWEEET! i L0VE iT

  26. Anonymous Jak 

    Its only a image that changes after a few secounds...its easy to make


    -Nothing special here

  27. Anonymous harajukugirl 

    its soooo fake. i was reading the thing and it said dat after 20 seconds i wasnt even lookin at the pic and it changed color

  28. Anonymous harajukugirl 

    OMG IT WORKS NOW!!!! I GET IT!!!!

  29. Anonymous meeow 

    that's like too awsome, i love it

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  32. Anonymous beth 

    that is so kool!

  33. Anonymous Nomis 

    So is it suppose to go from the inverted image to black 'n' white to colour,
    Coz what i saw was it go from inverted to colour then instantly go to black 'n' white

    Is that right? :S

  34. Anonymous imnotstupid 

    come on you fools thats why america is so fucked up you believe everithing hahaha stupids , every 30 sec change his color automatly (ok here we dont speak english)

  35. Anonymous Sabrena 

    that was the best one ever!!

  36. Anonymous Seve 

    You people are just stupid. If you would notice, it goes from Inverted to Black and White. But if you were staring at the Inverted picture as it changed, you would see the picture in color. Why, you ask?

    This is because, (If you had at least some knowledge of the human brain you would know) the brain stores images as their inverted selves. Look at ANY picture for an extended period of time and you will see its inverted image.

    It isn't fake, it's science. Whoever stereotyped people who believe this as "Americans", that is because we are smart enough to understand it.

  37. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Wanna see if its fake? Video tape it and see what results you get.

  38. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Wow, this is fascinating! =)
    Cool

  39. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Great Illusion!
    And to all people who say it's fake, yeah, it does change color, but to black and white, but if you stare at the black dot while it's inverted, it changes to colored.
    Nice, thanks for the cool illusions!

  40. Anonymous Anonymous 

    That is not an illiusion at all it's just 2 pictures that swap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  41. Blogger Jennifer 

    Seve
    on 11:00 AM

    "This is because, (If you had at least some knowledge of the human brain you would know) the brain stores images as their inverted selves. Look at ANY picture for an extended period of time and you will see its inverted image.

    It isn't fake, it's science. Whoever stereotyped people who believe this as "Americans", that is because we are smart enough to understand it."

    Ok dude, FIRST OFF. If you have the image on your screen and just look around and then look at it you can see the image changing. You don't have to look directly at it to see it change. SECOND, your eyes don't adjust with the flick of a switch. It would be gradual. Not all at once, like this picture is suggesting. and THIRD. If you keep looking at it, the picture reverts back to the first 'inverted' image, even if you are still staring at it. Your eyes should have still been adjusted.

    YOU obviously aren't smart enough to 'understand it'

  42. Anonymous Anonymous 

    wow cool....u peeps are so dum! its supose to change so u see the real pic with colors in it then u look away and look at it again and its black and white DUH! Its suppose to change they wouldnt make it that fake HAHA

    good one guys! i laugh at u

  43. Anonymous Anonymous 

    ok ppl... just to clear things up, it is an illusion. let me explain it... first there is an inverted-color image. then it changes to a black-and-white image. if u stare at the black dot, however, you see a real color image. after it is black-and-white for a few seconds, the video goes back to the beginning-- inverted colors. if u don't believe me, cover up the black dot on the inverted pic w/ ur hand. when it changes to the photo, take ur hand away & u will see that it is really black & white. the illusion is supposed to be that you see the pic in real colors. hope this helps.

  44. Blogger swdishgirl777 

    wowww you people are really stupid .....this thing does work but, NOT THIS ONE. what you really are supposed to do is stare at a certain color do or sheet if paper than you have to look at a blank peice of paper and you will see the same image in its oppisite color in the color wheel duh.!!!! i know more then the maker and its 2007 and im in 6th grade!!!

  45. Blogger Juan 

    To put the final nail in the coffin (hopefully)of this argument: It is only an inverted and a B/W. I took my video camera, and recorded it. I then FF to the point where the image changes, and rewound it frame by frame, until the inverted came up. There is no Colour Image, each frame is inverted, and immediately turns B/W.

    The camera's CCD (see wikipedia if you don't know) doesn't work like the human brain and eye, and it does not get 'tired' of a colour and produce false colours like our eyes. It will always see whatever is shown. That's why cameras don't work when recording TV screens, they see the refresh bars going up quickly, and don't have a latent image like our eyes. If you don't believe me, try it yourself. A Film video camera would be best, but a digital camera (a good one) will work just fine.

  46. Anonymous Yep 

    thats the illusion for me. Brilliant- the colour in the b+w image you see ONLY EXISTS IN YOUR MIND!!! but as most of the coloured image can only be seen in your peripheral vision, if you try to feast your eyes on the lovely details like the grass - It runs away to hide, like a shy, timid creature...its a Little Tease of an illusion. And a delight to the senses

  47. Anonymous Anonymous 

    people who think that the illusion is that the pic changes it's not. its that the black and white pic goes to colour.

  48. Anonymous Anonymous 

    God, some of you are so STUPID.


    YES, the picture changes automatically. It is SUPPOSED TO. They even say it is an ANIMATED GIF.

    THAT IS NOT THE ILLUSION @_@

    Try reading before jumping to conclusions...

  49. Anonymous Anonymous 

    damn dats so obvious

  50. Anonymous Anonymous 

    whoah are there any more?

  51. Anonymous Anonymous 

    ok for all the people who dont get this, go ask your mommy to show you how it works, you sound like idiots saying the pic changes, yeah and then you see color where there isnt any, i didnt think it was possible to have an iq in the negatives but i guess it is possible

  52. Anonymous Anonymous 

    That is bad it is just two pictures changing in like 20 secs

  53. Anonymous Duh 

    you people who think its fake dont seem to get the idea of this thing. We can all see that the picture changes to black and white. The illusion is that the black-and-white image LOOKS like its in colour because your eyes have become used to seeing the reversed colours.

  54. Anonymous Anonymous 

    whoa! that was so cool!

  55. Anonymous tori 

    Thats the stupidest illusion ever... Its probably photo shopped...

  56. Anonymous Anonymous 

    best oon this site basically aha
    its reversed for me, its colored first then it appears black and white

  57. Anonymous Anonymous 

    u guys really beleive that?? there r 2 pics it changes its not an optical illusion!duh!

  58. Anonymous Anonymous 

    THAT IS THE COOLEST THIN IVE EVER SENN IN MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!

  59. Anonymous sez 

    Thats heaps cool!!

  60. Anonymous Anonymous 

    this was the stupidest thing ever i have seen better

  61. OpenID aframedkidney 

    Wow...

    I am gobsmacked. I don't want to seem rude, but I can't believe how THICK some people truly are!

    I think it's an amazing image, and I'm glad that the ones who DO get it appreciate it.

    The human brain is an amazing thing, with the ability to change black and white into colour is just amazing!

  62. Anonymous Anonymous 

    i dont mean to burst peoples bubble but its fake...




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