By Vurdlak on June 21, 2010, with 144 Comments
Here’s a simple one. I know you aren’t fond of them, but we have to feature them occasionally as well (it’s cause of our goal – biggest optical illusion database, remember?) Anyway, what do you see in this picture on your right? There are bunch of arrows, right? But what is so strange, is that people only notice certain colored arrows at first. This probably explains which of these two is your dominant color. I’ve noticed green arrows pointing to the right, but only after a while I’ve seen the yellow arrows pointing in opposite direction. How about you?
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I saw the yellow arrows first. Does anyone know if this has any particular significance, or it’s just to do with yellow being my dominant colour?
I noticed the yellow arrows first. (:
I discovered this site via your widget. I downloaded the widget for my dashboard on my Apple MacBook. And how glad I am I stumbled across you! I LOVE looking at the different illusions you post everyday. Thanks for keeping me entertained :)
I noticed green arrows first
yellow first,
yellow first
Yellow arrows first for me as well on the Windows sidebar gadget. When I opened the web page I just saw both and kept flipping between the two and was heading for a headache, so scrolled down quickly :)
yellow arrows first for me!
I noticed the yellow arrows first, and after focusing on the head of the arrow of the green one, was able to see the green arrows.
Is there something wired in my mind that is different than yours or is it just by chance that I see yellow first and you see green first?
I noticed the yellow ones first as well :)
I saw the yellow first, but green came pretty quickly after
I noticed them both. At the same time. What does that mean?
i see only yellow….later saw green..!! hope i didnt go green blind…!!
Wow… i think i saw yellow then green then yellow then green…it was all happening so quickly i thought i was in Oz . very interesting!!
Yellow here.
I saw both yellow and green together
One of the few who saw green first. Then the arrows started moving ang changing so quickly I had to stop looking at them. Good illusion. Yes indeed!
Green first :) Does that have any implications on daily life or something?
I think there are more yellow arrows than green ones in the picture, maybe this can influence the perception of the viewers about the dominant color…
I’m getting a headache cuz I’m see both simultaneously.
Yellow here first too.
im sure y’all dont seem suprised when i say GREEN is my dominant colour,,,im guessin its bcause i smoke so much green,,,,,,,, XD
yellow first
yellow
i noticed the yellow arrows first, but i can switch to green really easily
i noticed the yellow arrows first, but i can switch to green really easily
I saw green in the sidebar and yellow online.
Yellow 1st for me too.
green first
Yellow first, but after you notice the green arrows its kinda hard to concentrate in only one color!
Bizarre!
Yellow wins :)
Yellow first
I guess I don’t have a dominant color or , perhaps because I build I tend to see a line drawing as a whole
I saw the green one first. Well I think it depends on what color you’re focussing on.
For instance if you focus on the green, you’d see green arrows first.
I saw Yellow First But Green is my Favorite Colour
I wonder if the color you see first is because they are (or are NOT) pointed in the direction of your dominant hand. Or maybe on the right/left brain types. I am a right-handed, logic minded (read non-artistic) person and I saw the right-pointing arrows first. (green) But the yellow arrows were immediately behind them. Now I can’t choose anymore. It’s like the spinning cat/man/lady illusions. I can make them spin either direction at will now.
I saw the yellow ones first, esp in the widget. Once I read the notes, I glanced back and immediatly saw the green ones.
It seems, if I look at the left side of the pic, the yellow ones stand out more and if I look at the right side of the pic the green ones seem to stand out more (or at least better).
I wonder if that has anything to do with type of text we normally read. Us westerners read left to right, while languages may be right-to-left. It may be as subtle as which side of the image you normally see first that makes one or the other stand out better.
correction to above…. “while (other) languages may (read) right-to-left”
Yellow first on the small image. But when looking at a bigger image you can see both.
Also depends with one is cut off near the edge of the image.
Yellow first.
Both simultaneously
green is my dominate color.
Now I don’t know if I’m coming or going. Sort of reminds me of the One Way signs in Mexico.
Constantly see the green arrows first !
Yellow first, but now I can’t stop seeing both arrows simultaneously.
I saw green first – then, again, I’m a right handed person – & math science rather than history & literature. Any connection?
yellow
green pointing right!
yeah i saw the yellow ones first then was like O SHI! GREEN ONES TOO! hahah… wand then i tried hard and could just see the green ones mainly! but yeah anyway whats the significance of seeing the yellow ones first does nayone know? maybe something to do with which part of the brain is dominant or? just which colour you ‘prefer’ or ‘see more/more of’? … or your monitor? lol xD
Yellow first for me.
yellow first, but I can switch between them easily unlike yesterday’s cat that I have to concentrate to get it to switch :)
I like these simple illusions. They do not necessarily demand a lot of tine, and that is sometimes great. And if every illusion was a BIG illusion, with many pictures, videos and so forth, the big ones would not stand out!
It cannot be christmas every day ;)
Saw the yellow one first. Why is that?
geen first jwwww
i think i should tell you i have noticed a problem with the windows sidebar gadget
when a animated picture is showed (like the spinning cat) the gadget seems to piled the animation frames on top of each other instead of replacing the last one so you get a kind of ghost of previous frames where as on the website you dont.
i suppose the majority would see yellow first as a yellow arrow is in the centre of the picture and most people with centre their eyes to the centre of a picture before moving to interesting points or scanning closer
I saw the yellow arrows first, then a couple of seconds saw the green arrows. Now I go back and forth.
well I’ve seen both at the same time…
green arrows..
yellow for me too
green first
green, definatly
Oh My God! This one plays games with my head! My head kept lea[ing back and forth between green and yellow! Oh I think I am gonna have a headache (but a good one if that makes sense!?) Thanks for feeding my illusion addiction…love ya!
the dominance was flipping for me. lol so much fun
I noticed the yellow pointing left arrows first, then about 20 seconds I noticed the right arrows.
I swore they were switching back and forth then I realized it wasn’t.
I like this simple illusion. Like to see more.
Is it normal to have noticed both at the same time?
Am I the only one who saw both at the same time?
It was yellow first for me as well. Quickly saw the green ones when I opened the web site. I found you, as a gadget for iGoogle Home Page. Enjoy checking out the illusions.
noticed green first when it was minutized as soon as it got enlarged then noticed the yellow being more dominant
Yellow first for me too.
The yellow arrows came first for me, but I can switch to either really quite easily.
I don’t think either is my dominant colour.
Yellow here.
yellow first
yellow for me. i wonder what the implications are…
kinda S.O.L. if you’re color blind …
When I look at the top half, I see the yellow. When I look at the bottom half, I see the green.
Ive always thought my eyes saw slightly different shades – this explains it; I saw yellow (arrows) on the left and green on the right – meaning my left eye is more sensitive to cooler shades and visaversa for the right… wicked
Yellow first and I’m red-green color blind (Cant distinguish some shades of brown look dark green)
I saw the yellow first. Then I saw the green.
yellow arrows first:)
Yellow was first for me also..
I saw the green arrows first.