Comments on: Vanishing Stripes

By: plmethvin

plmethvin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:45:19 +0000

ehh. Just invert the colors to see why the only thng illusional is that it looks all white to begin with

By: adz

adz — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:28:30 +0000

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.

By: Cosette

Cosette — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:09:00 +0000

That sure does work! It happens guickly.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:28:00 +0000

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.

By: Solar Pannelled

Solar Pannelled — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:05:00 +0000

Couldn’t see da stripes til moved chair back from computer. AWESOME!!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:32:00 +0000

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?!?!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:15:00 +0000

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.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:14:00 +0000

what grey stripes?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:09:00 +0000

wat grey stripes?

By: Danica

Danica — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:17:00 +0000

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 ^_^