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June 6, 2006 by Vurdlak | Share  

Here’s one of classic examples how our brain can easily be deceived. When you first look at the image below, red stripes seem to move in one direction only. Try focusing on the central dot… See how the stripes started moving in the opposite direction? You can repeat this process as many times you want, it works all the time! Enjoy!

Stare At The Dot. Which Way Do The Red Stripes Spin?

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67 Responses
  1. KEEP THE PEACE says:

    TRIPPY!

  2. cmilton111 says:

    How can I get a clock like this or just a wall piece. Does this come in a wallpaper? I love this one…

  3. HHHhhh says:

    it changes depending on which side of the picture you look at

  4. Alex says:

    I do this kind of stuff with ceiling fans all the time. I was doing it before I found this site.

  5. Me, Myself, and iPod says:

    I dunno. Which ever way you want!

    P.S. 5th?

  6. Ices625 says:

    Um. This is kind of a fake. If you stare at JUST one single red stripe for 6 seconds… you’ll notice that they all change direction after about 2 sections. So this isn’t an illusion in my book. Just a circle of rotating stripes that change direction and try to fool people into thinking they’re only going one way but “appear” to go different ways or something.

  7. lovelygirl!!! says:

    even if you don’t stare at the dot the red stripes are still moving!!!

  8. Woodcrow says:

    Originaly Posted by Ices625 says:
    July 7, 2009 at 8:00 pm

    Um. This is kind of a fake. If you stare at JUST one single red stripe for 6 seconds… you’ll notice that they all change direction after about 2 sections. So this isn’t an illusion in my book. Just a circle of rotating stripes that change direction and try to fool people into thinking they’re only going one way but “appear” to go different ways or something.

    uhm no, that’s where the effect works idiot

  9. nonebutme says:

    when i stare at the dot, i can see the white turning blue..

  10. Alexandra says:

    same nonebutme
    I can make it go back and foth this way that way without ;looking at the dot

  11. Hopelessz says:

    Their actually not spinning its just 2 frames repeated still a nice illusion

  12. Mashy says:

    the red and white parts are switching every frame

  13. Hugglepuff says:

    they don’t spin at all, they just blink from one to the other so they will spin whatever way you want them to

  14. clemente says:

    it changes if you want… =)… doesn´t matter from where are you seeing… just think that it is changing

  15. Alicia says:

    @Hugglepuff is correct, they are not actually spinning, the colors are simply flashing from white to red and red to white. Our minds assume that something at that speed is spinning.

  16. Elliot says:

    yeah its fake

  17. Tobs W says:

    Hmm… gaddamnit… I said i’d leave this site 20 minutes ago…

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