Comments on: Blue Diamonds Optical Illusion

By: Raiker

Raiker — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:23:59 +0000

i can´t belive it good illusion

By: jeanbrown

jeanbrown — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:19:48 +0000

Yes, Manu I see what you mean, cool!

By: salad

salad — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:03:29 +0000

OH! I just got how it works. Duhhh. Wow, that’s insane! Cooooooool.

By: Detective Kitty

Detective Kitty — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:19:04 +0000

this is actually pretty brilliant…no need for explanation again…but this is pretty awesome….

By: Rummy

Rummy — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:44:02 +0000

Michael seems to get it, I didn’t at first either and did a little thing with the image in paint. What Vurdlak means to say is that all the diamonds are identical, and thus collectively identical in luminesence. Each diamond IS graduated in colour, going from dark to light, but all the diamonds used at the exact same ones tessellated, a very intersting effect.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:28:44 +0000

I agree with Michael – the colour is graduated, and the same for all the diamonds

By: Gordon

Gordon — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:12:53 +0000

Cool effect. It also produces an image similar to a stereograph, providing 3D depth.

By: Peet

Peet — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:07:15 +0000

I wonder if the pattern had 4 full rows and two half rows of diamonds if the rows would appear to get darker as you moved lower, or if only thetop and bottom rows are affected (top appears lighter and bottom darker).

I rather suspect this is due to the top and bottom rows being just half diamonds and it is their effect giving the illusion.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:23:46 +0000

I think everyone’s misunderstanding Vurdiak. All of the diamonds are identical, though each becomes gradually darker towards the bottom.

Put in this pattern, it does appear that the bottom diamonds are, on the whole, darker than the ones on top. Rather than using Photoshop, just cover up everything around the bottom of two diamonds on different rows with your hands. Compare them, and they look identical, but when you remove your hands, they suddenly look different again.

Cool illusion, Vurdiak, and congrats on your ever-improving English!

By: Dee

Dee — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:07:55 +0000

Blue diamonds don’t appear to be all the same luminance. Paste the image into a picture editor then paste another copy right next to it. Flip the second copy 180 degrees and slide it over to match up the edges of the diamonds to make the pattern seamless. There’s a clear difference. Aside from that, if both rows of diamonds were the same, there would be no line demarking where they met and the whole center would be one color, not showing any diamonds at all.