By Vurdlak on October 21, 2011, with 181 Comments
I have just received this optical illusion from my former classmate – it’s a promotional poster for some sort of product called Horlicks. I’m not gonna tell you what the the illusion here really is, as I have confidence you’ll manage to spot on your own. I’m sure you will find it sooner or later. Yet, there is a chance you won’t like it as much as I did (which is mostly because it managed to fool me when I first saw it). The only hint I can give you is this: if you think you’re seeing a hand holding a magnifying glass, think again! BTW, I was surprised how no one answered my earlier question :( !?
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handle gave it away for me – figured the little things in the “magnifying glass were bacteria or something – not enlarged”
as an illusion – I like it; probably wouldnt have been so readily fooled if it wasnt for the title… was with that?
and as far as a promotional poster… what are they saying? its bland? seriously… what are they trying to get across?
awesome illusion – horrible promotion
what is it
How is this not obviously a cup of coffee?? O.o (Magnifying glasses don’t foam)
What is it?? I cant tell
Got it right away but I stare at that all day workin in a bar.
Ahh Horlicks, yum, if you’ve never tried it now’s the time.
I love Horlick’s!
I first thought it was a magnifying glass! It’s really coffee <3
Why look! It’s a cup of coffee, perhaps with cream!
Good one. Enlarge to really see the illusion. Thought I had a dirty screen @ first. lol
I had to enlarge the pic but i got it cool illusion!
took me a while to visualize this one.
must be a lack of caffeine.
Ok, so I didn’t see it the first time and yup! it’s easy to not see it right off…..Thanks fella’s ya’ got me again!!
Oh yeah and by the way, my morning cup is usually in a black mug too!
Mug of coffee
I can’t wake up in the morning without my first magnifying glass of illusion.
Good one! Thanks! :-)
I don’t get it. Is it a cup of coffee? Why are people talking about magnifying glasses? Is the illusion in her hand? :’( I don’t see it!
HAHAHAHA I GET IT HAHAHAHA
Is it a hand holding a cup of yellow liquid? Please tell me what it is because I don’t get it, and if it IS a hand holding a cup of yellow liquid, why is the title “See Your Little Ones Grow”?
COFFEE!!!!
That’s clever, first thought that it might be different thing ‘holding’ the maginifying glass, but then realised
Mhmm. The minute I saw “horlick”, I got it. it’s a milky drink powder that’s used to strengthen children’s bones and help them grow healthy. Excellent illusion.
is it suposse to be a coffe cup
i love this illusion!
horlicks in btw the glass :)
The lil bubbles around the inside of the cup gives it away
Count me in if it has Hazelnut Creamer.
Well, I know what Horlicks is so I get the picture.
Hey, That was great fun!
Wiggerlocky Naybaby, don’t go slow,
Go like Elvis, Go Man Go!
First i saw the photo and thought that i would see a magnifie glass and then i read the text, after 10sec i saw the ….. XD you fooled me >.<
The hand appears as if he or she is holding a magnifying glass but IF you look carefully, there are bubbles frothing around the rim, which means that the magnifying glass is actually a cup of Horlicks. You are fooled by this because the background is the same as the Horlicks drink.
My photo.
Along with @doax 2 spoons, I’ll have some cream.
Got it and love it!
i cant find a contact field so ill take this one
maybee old too you but new to me:
http://www.dezeediedenkt.nl
check it out its full of the best intentions ;)
Now that is really cool! I enjoyed it, it fooled me at first sight. Neat. And I love Horlicks.
Got it! Luv Horlicks.
oh i get it! haha funny
Easy when you know what Horlicks is.
got it because of inner edge ….. not a magnifying glass
I prefer mine black so it took me a minute
Unfortunately, the “Horlicks” in your post gave it away for me; no illusion remained when I looked at the picture.
It’s delicious, by the way.
i get it now…that’s really cool!!
its really easy picked it up on the first look
I saw that first and the magnifying glass second. hmm
oooh… its coffee i get it now (:
jk. i just looked “horlicks” up. its a malt drink thingy :/
It took me a while but I got it eventually!
Horelicks was a well-known maker of malted milk tablets, which were the brown color you showed.
I ate them like candy back in the late 1950s-early 1960s. I got nostalgic (and hungry) looking at the ad you posted!
um its kind of obvious…i saw it as soon as i looked at it
horlicks is a malt drink that can help you sleep at night its really nice you make it with hot milk though some people make it with water, its a bit like ovaltine………and i knew straight away it was a cup yumm think ill go make a horlicks xxx
i got this first time as the inside of the mug had bubbles :)
It looks as if the person is holding a magnifying-glass BUT if you look carefully, there are bubbles frothing around the rim, which indicates that the person is actually holding onto a cup of Horlicks, not a magnifying-glass. The reason why you are fooled is because the drink’s colour is the same as the background and the bubbles are quite small.
My photo
Anybody?
first time I cant work one out
I drink coffee in a black cup with lots of milk, so this one was easy for me.
I saw it right away. It is something that I consume every day,as do most people.
Tagging this post ‘cup’ kinda gives it away……
Horlicks is delicious!!
i got it straight away lol!!
Thats how I like mine.
i thout it was a magnifier glass and yup i was fooled
Its a cup of coffee with milk in it…top side view
Horlicks is NOT the same as coffee! D’uh. One is a hot milky malt drink that purports to help you chillax to SLEEP-and is the same colour however you make it. The other is, as ev1 knows, a drink that can be had hot or cold, can be kinda diff shades depending how you prepare it, u can get lotsa diff varieties of coffee as opposed to Horlicks where there’s um 2 kinds-reg and chocolate and the most marked diff’rence is of course that coffee is reckoned to keep one AWAKE! Don’t start me on decaf heheh! *Sorry for the textual harassment folks, I know it’s not important n it don’t amount to a hill of (coffee) beans Lol. Now, bk to the matter in hand-optical illusions… x
I would have guessed the colour inside the cup would be exactly the same as the colour outside it. Then I got the real point of the illusion :).
sweet illusion !
please post the comment i left the other day. or let me know why it didn’t pass muster. thanks.
i found it. thanks.
thats easy. its just a cup of coffee
that is awesome
its a mug with horlicks mixed in milk in it.
Verry impressive. Due to my mentalcoach ‘being’, I’d like to buy a poster from this. Can anyone tell/help me?
Is it sugar free ?! :P
ew horlicks is disgusting
Its a cup of coffee
coffee mug
WHAT IS IT!!!!!!! I WANT TO KNOW!!!!!!!!! PLZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT IS IT!!! I KEEP ON LOOKING! NOTHING!!!!!!!! Except a piece of blank paper that is the same colour as the wall… Nothing much on the paper…. just blank….
NOW WHAT IS IT!!!!!!!! >:( I know to look “under” the screen but…. I HAVE A COMPUTER…. NOT A LAPTOP! So I can’t see under it. I only saw a bit though… In the magnifying glass.
ha! a cup oh this ‘horlicks’
Took me a while to figure this one out!
holding a mug….
latte!!