Color Tiles Illusion

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Despite the fundamental difference in the apparent color of the "blue" tiles on top of left cube, and "yellow" tiles on top of the right cube, all the tiles are in fact physically identical - in both cases GRAY. Second image proves what we would see if we covered all other tiles and background with black layer. If you don't believe me, check the pictures in Adobe Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro. I'll be leaving for Greece tomorrow, but you can expect new illusions posted each day. Just hope to find some internet connections there, or at least decent internet cafe... By the way this illusion was created by R. Beau Lotto.







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  1. Anonymous Anonymous 

    THAT WAS WEIRRRRRRD

  2. Anonymous Anonymous 

    not so weird...very boring though

  3. Anonymous wandering_goat 

    That is absolutely amazing. Maybe even more mind-boggling than the chess-board illusion (the one used in this site's title graphic).

  4. Blogger poo 

    i dont think i get it...but i do get poo!!!!

  5. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I've seen this before. See the brown tile on top? It's the same color as the orange-looking tile on the front.

  6. Blogger Luis Gerardo 

    If you have to explain a lot then is not a good illussion.

  7. Anonymous kriptyk 

    nice presentation of the illusion... would be good though if you didn't have to have photoshop or whatever to test it out :)

  8. Anonymous oscar 

    I've measured it and I see blue and yellow squares, not gray! Perhaps my pc needs some repairing? Or it's me who needs some repairing?

  9. Anonymous Anonymous 

    that's actually pretty nifty! thanks!

  10. Blogger Snowman25 

    Boring...

  11. Anonymous Anonymous 

    i don't see any difference in the color of the tiles

  12. Anonymous michael 

    wow, that was dull. Its almost as cool as watching grass grow. Seriously though, where is the good stuff?

  13. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Great illusion! It's amazing how our senses can be tricked into seeing things differently than they are. On the yellow tiled block, the blocks that appear to be blue are actually grey, and on the blue tiled block, the blocks that appear to be yellow are actually grey.

  14. Anonymous Anonymous 

    That is so cool! I completely did not believe you, so I actually took the trouble of copying the images and cropping the "blue" and "yellow" tiles individually and switching them. I made a little diagram and everything. (I'm such a dork!) But that is way cool the way your eyes play tricks on you like that.

  15. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I look at alot of these and this one stunk. Thanks for all of the "GOOD" ones but this one just should have been left in the garbage.

  16. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Yes, this beats the checkerboard illusion hands-down. That one is only a matter of shading. This one actually makes you see color where there is none. Very wierd.

  17. Anonymous Anonymous 

    mind blowingly amazing!!!!

  18. Blogger Christine 

    The yellow cancels the blue and the blue cancels the yellow. It's not hard to figure out. This illusion is not as good as others.

  19. Blogger Jocelyn 

    Hey you guys have become too demanding! I believe this one is a very good illusion that illustrates how we can see a color that doesn't exist... And if there was no explanation you would never find out the illusion.

  20. Anonymous Anonymous 

    i already seen this illusion before!!!!!! (i think on metacafe or youtube?)

  21. Blogger Daniel 

    I checked this is photoshop, and sorry to say but it's WRONG!

    The blue tiles in the left image are very much into the blue scale, and the yellow tiles are, yes, yellow.

    They are low saturation, but nevertheless are quite blue, and quite yellow

    Id take this illusion down or admit it's been cracked as a phony

  22. Blogger Rossy 

    I agree, I don't get it...

  23. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I don't get this at all : ( help mee!!

  24. Anonymous Anonymous 

    If your name is Luis then your opinion isn't work a rat's piss.

  25. Anonymous Shauzia 

    cool! Can someone remind me how much Adobe Photoshop costs? I want to start making some of my own illusions and improve my pictures,
    Thanks

  26. Blogger Asif 

    Absolutely unbelievable! I didn't believe it at all until I used a color picker tool. I think it has a similar explanation as the chess board illusion, but the effect is just awesome.

  27. Anonymous Anonymous 

    wtf that makes no sense

  28. Anonymous Anonymous 

    the black ones look like bowling balls




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