Consider this an advanced version of original Checkers Illusion. To be honest, I didn’t have time to check this in photoshop, but supposedly both sides of this 3D object are exactly same color. Hard to believe isn’t it? Well, after seeing and covering more than 1000 illusions, I finally understood that everything is possible. If you have time, test this in photoshop, and write your experience. I don’t know how our eyes and brain tricks us, but obviously they do. Something to do with shadows I think…
By the way, it seems like only yesterday when I reported that we crossed 8 million unique visitors. Well, today I see we have already passed 9 million unique visitors. You can see this number at the bottom of the site. I wonder how long will it take to reach 10 million? We’ll have to think of some big competition or celebration then, any suggestions? Also, notice we need just few more subscribers to reach 10,000 RSS subscriptions!
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It’s easier if you just cover the middle with a finger or something. I noticed the same color as soon as i did that.
WOW, No Way. Thats un-belivable
Actually Vurdlak, I think the top one is lighter!
Makes you wonder how many times in a day your eyes deceive you.
I just checked in photoshop AND a few other rograms i got… this is a fake… its not the same colour at all… in photoshop one at the top is #6B7270… and the one on the bottom is #616866. as you might see they are not the same!
PS… wtf is it with all ppl that says “first post”?!? its not like your getting a price or something… so just shut up if you dont have anything better to say!
Actually they are not exactly the same shade, the bottom one is ever so slightly darker…
I checked.they are SIMILAR shades of grey, but they arent EXACTLY the same.
I checked in photoshop and its almost the same color… (look the same though…)
The bottom 1 is actually darker.
It is NOT the same color and you do not need photoshop to check it. Just:
- save the photo to your desktop
- Right-click it and open it with paint
- In paint you just use the stipped square function
- Cut out a piece of the top part an slide over the bottom part
–> it’s not the same color
The bottom cube is definately darker, just copy and paste a patch from one to the other.
Well done everybody on refraining yourselves from the “First Post” rubbish.
Hey! I didn’t bother to chect but I’ll just go with everyone else and say the bottom is darker. wow! and it’s the one that looks lighter. Anyways, I looked at your little counter thing and I saw the number and I hit “refresh” and in the time it refreshed (not more than 5 seconds) your counter jumped up 10 ppl! Thats crazy
Guys, Guys, Guys,
It may be true that it is technically a different colour, but that’s not the point really when you put your finger across the middle (so you can’t see the join) it ‘looks’ like they are the same colour and when you take your finger away it ‘looks’ like they are completly different colours. THAT is the illusion – technicallities and Photoshop reference numbers are not really relevent in this.
Hey! That’s one million viewers in one day over a month! Wow. this site ROCKS
The bottom one is actually darker!
Digital color meter in mac reveals the bottom is lighter.
This is Dennis…..
Ohhh I hate my life I have to prove everyone wrong. Photoshop this different color that. Why don’t you effin be happy and just appreciate the work of art.
Oh yah and genius you probably meant to say “getting a prize”!!!
Sincerely, Reality Check
It’s interesting… but I also checked this in Photoshop and found that my numbers were exactly off by 1 from Dennis’s numbers in the second place from the left. I got #6C7270 and #626866. However, either way they are different. FAKE! Attack the maker of this pic with pitchforks and torches in a mob!
Just looking by eye, and covering the parts of the squares that are obviously different (middle, the two sides), they do *finally* look the same.
Interesting! If they were the same grey, the illusion would still work…. What I find most interesting is that in 2D, surrounding the same grey with a darker color and a lighter color makes the one surrounded by the light color appear darker, but when the illusion of 3D is presented, you “see” the center of the white block as lighter.
any chance we can get the “recent illusions” link back?
wow! i always love these illusions…
cover with finger, uncover with finger, conver with finger…
argh! this is melting my brain!!
Yup, the bottom is actually very slightly DARKER! So while it is not the same shade, it is still an illusion! Cool one!
“It’s easier if you just cover the middle with a finger or something. I noticed the same color as soon as i did that.”
rob
Are you sure? The bottom one is darker than the top. Amazing!
I don’t have photoshop but I used the color picker in paint and the bottom is actually darker, but only on average. Obviously some places on bottom are much lighter and much darker on top. I’ve never seen checkers like this either, we always used red and black round ones. Or do you mean this is for people who check colors?
they’re not exactly the same, but if you just cover up in between the two things, then it does look they are the same
The top one is lighter i cut and pasted a part from each side and the top one is just a little bit lighter then the bottom but its still fabulious
xox — Alana
Cool!
the bottom one is definately darker on photoshop
The top one is darker than the botton one, It is evident and I checked it in photoshop and yes, it is.
When you look at the full version of the image, you’ll note two things: 1) it’s a JPG and 2) Since it’s a JPG, it’s using Lossy compression (which is obvious if you look at the gradients on the 3D object and the horizon). With that and the fact that the two shades of grey are pretty close together, I’d bet using an uncompressed version, it would be the same color.
Just my two cents. :)
It’s just amazing how the bottom one is darker, but it still looks whiter.
I checked it also in photoshop and I’ve compared the colours. Here are they:
Top = R:108, G:114, B:112
Bottom = R:98, G:104, B:102
So it’s fake…
Indeed. I’ve copied a block from each to each so that you can see exactly but this form doesn’t allow attachments so I’ve put it at
http://www.krishna-das.com/advanced+checkers.jpg
Perhaps our illusionmaster can copy it to the main site…
Using Photoshop
Top piece
R:108
G:114
B:112
Bottom piece
R:98
G:104
B:102
So it’s not an illusion :(
I agree the bottom section is darker in colour, maybe that is the illusion, because it looks like it should be the other way around.
It’s a fake, i confirm bottom is darker …
Actually, as they said above, two colors are not the same, so this is not an illusion.
Then, even if the base colors were the same, because of different use of shading/bevel/emboss properties, you cannot call this optical illusion.
To keep honest your mission, trash it :D !
As others have said, not exactly the same. Close though
well, they probably were the same in the original 3d mockup… as any techie will tell you, taking a screen shot, then compressing it alters the colours, like bmp’s or clipboard screenshots to jpg’s (to save space, but keep the APPEARANCE)… it also depends what format it was saved in before it got here, and how many times was it converted and compressed? the only way to know for sure that they are the same colours is to have the original 3d visualisation… then you KNOW what the olours are!
Still, way cool site!
When I first check this I thought it was a con, as they weren’t the same colour. But then I realised it was the bottom one that was darker, which actually makes the illusion even better, as the one that appears the lightest is actually the darkest. In most of these, they are just the same colour – this one goes further.
Yes, the top one il LIGHTER, really amazing.
Yeah i concure… photoshop says no! top is R108 G114 B112 bottom is R98 G104 B102! bad show….
It’s even more amazing!… the one in the bottom is DARKER!
the color is different, but that makes the illusion cool, the top box is lighter then bottom one, while watching it u think the opposite, that’s the illusion and its uber-cool
I think Dennis needs a hug
first post
wadya mean?
The bottom one is slightly darker according to Adobe.
Sure there are not the same.
Dark one : 108 114 112
Other one : 098 104 102
Where is the illusion?
I think the Colors for this Checkers should be reverse way, as the source of light is from the top and the bottom one should be the darker side; hence there may b scope for illusion
Either my Paint Shop Pro program is off, or the illusion is off. The dropper tool in PSP says that the middle of the top is R 108, G 114, and B 112 while the middle section of the bottom is R 98, G 104, and B 102. Am I looking at the wrong areas?