Concentrate on the red spot in the middle of the rectangle, and watch gray stripes disappear! This one is really cool, eventhough simmilar illusions have been posted in the past. Can you explain why this effect happens? I would really like to know why! P.S. Due to popular demand, Mac games are bout to be posted ;)
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Wow that’s really cool!!!!!!
Not falling for that one! There is only a black box with a red dot in the middle. I suspect if anyone said there were no grey stripes the response would be: “See! it works a treat!”
That’s very cool.
lol I don’t see the grey stripes.
Well, I wrote you a little nove because you asked for explanations. And now I see that I see nothing…
Or is it because you don’t have time?
I wondered because meanwhile comments appeared.
Admiral, i used photoshop to see there are grey stipes.
the red dot is on a white line so you concentrate on the white section and see past the gray part.
no offense admiral but if you dont see those lines than either a- ur color blind
b- ur stupid
c- ur blind
or d- all of the above. I think its d
to those people out there, just highlight it
People that can’t see the grey stripes have low monitor contrast.
Actually, I have the answer to this direct from an optometrist. In his words, “It’s actually a sign of intelligence. When you stare at a static image for a long time, the brain gets bored and simply stores the peripheral imagery for a while until there’s a change, at which time it will update the image.”
omg it actually works!!!
that was neat
This was very cool. Admiral, you are not stupid at all. Not every person sees things the exact same way. I still can’t see the tube in “Tube of illusion”. Must we call names when someone has a different viewpoint? Btw, Alana, how can someone not be offended at you calling them blind and stupid? HOW RUDE.
KALA: this one doesn’t makes sense?? just because u cant see the grey lines doesnt mean they arent there! read all the comments, almost every1 got it…
it makes sense, try to change ur monitor contrast
when your eyes focus on the red dot, the frey stripes become perifrial. when that happens…the stripes dissappear.
i stare at things alot…like dots and stuff…mostly im in deep thought…but then i realize…it looks like something is trying to cover up the suranding area.a lighter color of the color…just stare at things…with dots…it will mostly work on circals…like..oh a yellow circal! just stare at it..a blueish type of circal will try to cover it…blue background too!
Dude, this is a bad one. there are too stripes in the picture. I had an idea, and it worked. save as the picture, then rotate it. the stripes rotate with it.
OMG thats so weird and cool at the same time!
its because your eye is only concentrating on one thing, so doesnt notice the grey stripes because theyre so faint…just like reading and listening to music at the same time, after a while you only notice one of the two
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet, kinda lame but still cool 2 look at.
highlight it:)
I saw the grey stripes perfectly.
If u cant see them its because ure monitor isnt good enough try adjusting the contrast.
well u see..this isnt reeli an illusion. if u draw a dot on a whiteboard n u focus on it, it will disappear. somehow u focus on the red dot, but there r grey stripes round it, so u stare harder. but wen u read da instructions it sed stare at the red dot n da grey stripes will disapear. u are onli imaginin dem disapear. its a stupid thing reeli n isnt a real illusion
logic dude logic.
im onli 12 n i figured dis out..how old do u hav to be to figur it out?? 100??
people say there aren’t any lines, but I just used GNU paint (analogous to MS paint) to check:
“grey”:#F4F4F4
“white”:#FFFFFF
So they’re different.
i find it hard to make the gray lines disappear.
Its because you’re focusing on the red dot, and not exactly the area around it. The grey stripes are quite faint aswel.
COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT. I’V SEEN THESE A HUNDERED TIMES.
The REAL explanation for this is that when u over focus on something your eyes tend to relax and stop moving as much, once they stop vibrating it starts to loose the ability to differentiate between the two similar colors. Our eyes are constantly twitching/moving, even if its on an unnoticeable level. Should your eyes ever stop this slight moving you wouldn’t be able to see anything. Try just staring at any object on your desk intently without moving your body or your gaze and you will notice that your peripherals will start to go white. That is because your eyes aren’t moving as much as you can no longer see other things except for what you are looking at. Also we by the age of 20 something u are technically blind right in the center of your eyes, too much light and use causes that part within your eye to be burnt by light but u keep on being able to see because your eyes slightly vibrate and that allows you to continue seeing. Fun fact ^_^
wat grey stripes?
what grey stripes?
It’s called retinal fatigue. After being exposed to one color for a period of time, the cones in your retina (the ones responsible for color) start to send signals to your brain for the opposite color. The white and gray stripes ‘disappear’ for this reason. If you look at a blank wall after the stripes fade, you will see them (in opposite colors) projected on the wall. The red dot will also appear cyan instead.
ok,U no how the red dot is in a WHITE stripe??well if you focus on the red dot,yr eyes will make your brain thing that the rest of the square is white.U may ask “y??” well when you consentrate on the red dot,and VERY litl space around it, the space will “travel”. like i said,yr eyes will make your brain thing that the rest of the square is white. but if the dot’s stripe was GREY, the squre wood turn grey!simple, rite?!?!
Couldn’t see da stripes til moved chair back from computer. AWESOME!!!
The color grey is a contrasting color to red and white. You concentrate on the red (which is on the white) and the grey stripes will disappear due to the eye involuntarially cancelling the contrasting color out.
That sure does work! It happens guickly.
this is what i refer to as the ‘fart effect’
let rip a stinker and after a while your senses ignore it because it clearly isnt needed information anymore. the fart is still there and when a guest enters the room the fart will be just as brand new as when you deployed it.
you can re-enjoy the gas yourself by leaving the room and returning after a few minutes.
ehh. Just invert the colors to see why the only thng illusional is that it looks all white to begin with