By Vurdlak on October 29, 2007, with 140 Comments
Stare at this animation for 40 seconds, and concentrate on the black spot. After some time, the image will switch automatically (since it’s 2 frame animation), and show you black and white photo of a Pyramid in Egypt. Because of the special effect, originally invented by John Shadowsky, you will see a full color photo of the Pyramid instead black and white one that shows up. Don’t believe me? See for your self! These kind of illusions became really popular in last few months. You can even find few of them in this site’s Archives. Check Rainbow Illusion, and Black and White Spanish Castle Illusion. Here’s what Felice Lungo, creator of this submission wrote in his email: “I made a “Black&White in Color Image” and I would be really glad if you can add it on your website! I don’t know if it’s possible!, but I hope! Hope you like it!”
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That is an awsome illusion. It is definitly one of my favorites.
IT’S FAKE!!! IT’S AN ANIMATION!!! DONT LOOK AT THE PICTURE, JUST LOOK AROUND THE SITE AND IT’LL CHANGE AUTOMATICALLY
lol this is an animated GIF and it will change automaticlly even if you don’t stare at it.
Omg this illusion stinks! it doesn’t even make sense its just switching screens duh! this is so retarded!
Great illusion. I just don’t believe my eyes anymore :)
It’s just cheating! The image changes itself, your brain doesn’t tell you. I wasn’t even staring at the dot but somewhere else outside my monitor and it kpt on changing every 15 seconds!!! YOU CHEATER!!
that is sooooooo awsome…..how does that work????
its abously a video
copy and paste it see if it changes
Its supposed to change to black and white, its not fake, ur supposed to stare at the dot on the colour picture and when it changes to the black and white picture, it doesnt look how its supposed to (dont want to ruin it)
Does anyone else think it’s hilarious how so many dumb people didn’t read the instructions and then called the illusion a fake?
It changes from the b&w photo to the colour block every few seconds but IF you had actually bothered to stare at the dot you would see the illusion is that the b&w photo appears to become a coloured photo.
It isn’t fake. What you have to do is stare at the dot LIKE IT TELLS YOU TO, then it switches to Black and White but your eyes tell you it’s colored.
do people not understand wat this illusion is about? yea the screen changes but if u stare at it, the colours get inverted so you see a brown pyramid with a blue sky instead of a black and white picture!!!! there r some confuseddd ppl on here!!!
if your staring when it changes it appears to be a color picture not just a black and white one. Worked for me.
Its good, makes my eyes go funny, but is it real? it looks like it because if you look away there is no sign of coloured pyramid.
how do they do it? :S
This is sooooooooo Cool!!!! It really is not that bad of an illusion because it acually does change colors it doesn’t just change colors on it’s own it you read the blog you would know that!!!
very nice, its amazing because you think it wont work because you see black and white at first.
Wow! It works!
for those of u who think its fake… atleast read wts written above
niice… i really enjoyed this one…
how was greece (im greek just tryin to be friendly as my people lol)
You fools that are complaining:
The fact is that it is a .gif animation is not the illusion.
What you are supposed to do is stare at the black dot, then when the .gif changes the frame from the 2 colors to black and white, the picture looks like its colored – the background is blue, etc.
Its not that if you stare at the black dot long enough it will “mysteriously” change to black and white.
Read the illusion before you complain.
fake! I look at the dot and the picture changes! And it doesn’t change into a pyramid, it changes into my mother punishing me for wearing girl’s underwear. It’s a bad picture. I’m a bad boy. Sorry mommy. But ooh, look at the colorful pyramid!
TOTAL FAKE! I look at the dot and the picture changes on its own to a picture of my mommy beating me for posting a fake comment. Bad boy! Bad boy! Sorry mommy.
(Great color picture of the pyramid though…)
omfg NOT AGAIN…
ok PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
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k copy and paste this link and look for my comment on the bottom of the page it goes out to all of the people who think that this is fake
http://www.moillusions.com/2006/05/black-and-white-seen-in-color-illusion_14.html
*sigh* i am sooooo tired i JUST posted that comment…..
Monday/10/29/07
CT
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this is sooooooooo stupid! it isnt even an illusion it is animation
ahahaha….
it was in color until i jumped from surprise
then it went back to black and white :P
Well! Anonymous is clearly lying…. A-a-a-nywhoo…. Great illusion love the site!
Whoever is saying this is fake is stupid
ITS SUPPOSED TO CHANGE!!
But if you dont look at the dot it will stay black and white
if you continue staring at the dot the pic will become colored once it switches to the b&W photo.
NOOOOOBZZ!!
This isn’t fake; the picture is supposed to change, and the COLOUR is the illusion.
so everyone who’s saying this is fake obviously doesn’t know how to read…it’s supposed to be two screens, the trick isn’t that it changes it’s that you see the black and white picture in color…
…smart ones
it’s not cheating, yes the picture does go from a coloured one to a black and white one but the point is that if you stare at the orange and blue one first you will then see the black and white one in living colour (sand and sky) read the instructions before you complain!
The illusion is if you stare at the dot, then when the pic changes, you will see the pyramid in full color.
wow this is an awesome illusion.
I hope those people who posted it was fake have the guts to respond and say they were mistaken.
for those who CANNOT read..!
“Stare at this animation for 40 seconds, and concentrate on the black spot. After some time, the image will switch automatically (since it’s 2 frame animation), and show you black and white photo of a Pyramid in Egypt.”
i think this is an awsome illusion, never saw anything like it..! nice :)
u guys don’t understand. yes the image chenges but if you stare at the black dot, the new black and white image looks coloured! its amazing! read the illusion description. one of my favourites so far.
I cant believe how many people are missing the point of this illusion. I’m not going to explain it, since it’s been explained countless times, and if you are unable to read the very clear instructions before shooting your mouth off, then you don’t deserve to see the illusion.
Anyways, does anyone else find it works best if you relax your eyes, (like with a “magic eye” 3D illusion) and focus behind your screen. When you do this, the blue seems to all become one shade and it works very well when the picture changes.
my goodness the amount of thickos on here. It is supposed to change image you fools. You look at the odd coloured one with the black dot….then when it changes to the greyscale one it appears in full colour.
jeesuz!
Superb!!! :-)
of course it is an animation
you are supposed to stare at the dot in the colour one and when the black and white one comes on it looks like it is colour. Maybe you should read the description of it first
READ THE DIRECTIONS!!! It clearly states that it’s an animation! You guys are TOTALLY missing the point. Stupid people annoy me.
excellent, i didn’t think i would see it in color… that’s pretty smart there… :)
from the comments i’ve noticed that some people thought that the flipping image is the illusion. pity.
of cource the image swaps. it swaps to a black&white image. but if you stare at the black spot you see a color picture. that is the illusion, not the effect that it swaps from a drawing to a photo. if you don’t believe it, look around on the monitor and check…
i like it
awesome……….i showed my whole classand they loved it too but shhhh dnt tell my teacher, she was out of the room!
I do not understand why some people think this illusion is a fake or hard. Just stare at the black dot. Do not blink, do not move, just stare at it. It is not that hard. READ DESCRIPTION. Thank you and have a wonderful day! :D
its not cheat.
the 2 frames animation is a black and white pyramid.
when u stare at the black dot, you could see a colored pyramid.
This is a great illusion, yes the screen does automatically change, but if you stare, the illusion is that the pyramid appears in sand clours!!! and not black and white – dummies!!!!
Awesome! I love these illusions! Keep up the great work!
This one is good, but youd better see the spanish castle one…. that one is amazing. same method but more impact.
how amazing is this?!?
lol this is not fake, just give it a try it works!if you don’t believe me, stare at the dot, and when it changes, look at another spot on the picture then look back, it will change from color to black and white and back to color. NOT FAKE!
Aw gawd, why does everyone think that it’s a fake! The picture does change automatically, yes, but it’s just supposed to be reversed color so that you can see it! (The person above me explained it better)
Actually, its really easy. If you stare at something and suddenly something changes (or you just look to a ligh or dark place of you room for example) youll see the ‘negative’ image. Black will be white, yellow will be blue (inverted colors). This is exacly the same, the blue is yellow, when the black and white image appears it looks blue. Really good ‘illusion’.
it’s fake! all it does is switch from b/w to inverted! and for those of you who say “just follow directions,” JOKE’S ON YOU! it changes no matter if you stare at the dot or not! lame, lame, lame.
Awesome, worked for me. It looks like a color image for a short while, then “fades” back to B&W. It probably has something to do with a “negative” of the image being burnt on your retina or something.
its funny how many ppl r saying its fake…^o^ awesome illusion tho
all you people that say its cheating are tards. and you cant read or figure anything out on youre own.
It’s not about the picture changing. If you look elsewhere it just changes to a black and white. If you stare at the dot it changes to a colour photo first (ie the sky is blue). It states in the instructions that it is animated. This does not make it a fake. You just need to understand it!!!
All you people cry “It’s fake! It’s an anmated gif”. Clearly it’s the later. But the problem is your recognition: You’re just not able to follow any direction and concentrate for more than 10 seconds. Poor…
Its real alright. Opened the file in a editor and i saw only 2 pictures. Read the instructions before complaining, saves you and all of us a lot of unnecessary comments.
I don’t think some of you get it. Stare at the dot in the color picture until it switches. then, the otherwise colorless pyramid will seem colored.
I don’t think some of you get it. You’re supposed to stare at the black dot in the colored picture until the phrames switch. Then if you continue to stare at the colorless picture it will seem to have color.
Quote:”it’s fake! all it does is switch from b/w to inverted! and for those of you who say “just follow directions,” JOKE’S ON YOU! it changes no matter if you stare at the dot or not! lame, lame, lame.”
If you stare somewhere other than that dot, such as a word above the gif, than it will still appear to be color. It’s because the colors will still imprint on your eyes if your looking somewhere else but can still see it in the corner of your eyes.
Guys, u don’t have 2 tell it over and over again how it works. If those people don’t get it and tell its fake, just let them say. I enjoy it that’s for sure. Great Illusion!
Wow, this is coooooool!!
to everyone that thinks this one is stupid and that it changes. DUH its supposed to change. thats the point. if you look at the inverted at the dot to be exact, and when it switches over you see the pyramid in full color. your brain still does the work but the animation just tells it when for it to start oding the work
I only see the sky blue, the pyramid stays black and white for me.
I tried it over and over, but no matter what I can’t see the pyramid in colour only the sky.
well… the image appeared to be coloured even when i did not stare at it. So I dont think the other image has anything to do with it. Is anybody SURE that the original is black and white? I’d luv to check that somewhere, bt u do it 4 me.
wow, people who arn’t reading this are most definitly not reading, the piont isn’t hat it changes to the perimids, the piont is that it’s a black and white pisture, but if you stare at the dot it will apear in color when it changes to the black and white picture!
ooooooooooomg that is so cool
THE PICTURE IS SUPPOSED TO CHANGE!!!!!!!!! IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE TWO SEPERATE PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is NOT fake because the picture changes. If you’re seriously THAT stupid, just read the instructions again. If your small brain STILL cannot wrap itself around the simple concept after reading the description, read the comments.
IF YOU HONESTLY STILL THINK IT’S FAKE EVEN AFTER READING THE DESCRIPTION CAREFULLY AND READING THE COMMENTS, YOU NEED SOME SERIOUS HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stupids, it makes the second picture have color. you guys are slow
Hey geniuses, the point isnt that its supposed to switch, its a 2 frame gif animation.
The point is that its a black and white image, but after staring at the first one, the photo appears to be in color.
It does make sense, it changes frames so you can do it! Dont look at the coloured screen and look at it when it changes, it black and white, then do it properly and you’ll see it!
the idea behind this is to give a black and white image the illusion of having colour. it is an animation and it’s supposed to be. stare at the black dot and when the image changes to the black and white picture of the pyramid it seems to be brown with a blue sky.
How the hell is this an illusion!!! That is just two pictures switching back and fourth.
Geez, that´s amazing!!!!!
So it just an illusion of an illusion?
I love it!
it means when u stare at the colour pic where the black dot is when it changes to the black and white version it looks as if its in colour evan i know that duhh….
people how stupid can you be?? of course it will change on its own its supposed to do that! stare at it, when it ganges you will see the picture in color! try to read the descriptions
it’s not fake!! The picture is changing to black and white, not color! If you look at the black spot, you will see the color.. That’s illusion!