Comments on: Shady Optical Illusion

By: vcg

vcg — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 08:09:04 +0000

i saw only 2 colors too! i think this is great. ^^

By: Elska

Elska — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:46:15 +0000

OMG

By: Dylan

Dylan — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 04:39:57 +0000

Looks like 4 shades to me :P

By: dipa

dipa — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:05:06 +0000

The video taht he postd on youtube shows it better

By: Katie

Katie — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:21:24 +0000

It took me quite a while to figure it out but when i saw the second image i worked it out:)
good illusion

By: unknown

unknown — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:17:32 +0000

for me, i can’t see the difference between the 2 lighter shades

By: chicken brain

chicken brain — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:48:14 +0000

THE DIVISION LINE IS COVERED WITH PENCILS………….????? WHERES DA ILLUSION…………. :/

By: Sofia

Sofia — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:13:50 +0000

The trick works better if you focus on one of the pencils.

By: Detective Kitty

Detective Kitty — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:16:07 +0000

that’s actually pretty cool. I guess just like that wierd frame illusion we assume that the pencil is in the middle and when things are in the middle our brains are used to symetrical views on both sides so when they did this our brains, seeing the pencils in the middle assumed that the sides were symetrical…

By: CAM

CAM — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:52:46 +0000

hmm… pencils with, the dark blues are different but the light blues are really similar^^ pretty cool

By: gennia11

gennia11 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:33:04 +0000

i think it was a good illusion. ‘the unknown’

By: chris

chris — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:10:32 +0000

you can even do it with the middle two

By: Christopher Yiangou

Christopher Yiangou — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:45:53 +0000

I only saw 2 shades consciously. Because the scene is lit from the left, the brain expects the areas to the right of each pencil to be shadowed, an effect normally eliminated in our perception. If you saw 4 shades right away, you may have poor spatial perception. The 1-second driving test: 4colours=bad drivers, 2colours=good. Teasing, sorreee…

By: Lultrain

Lultrain — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:13:57 +0000

Yes i see the two sides of red

By: Suicidal 'Ling

Suicidal 'Ling — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:05:19 +0000

Right one wasnt so… same-ish