Expanding Brown Dot

(8 votes)

I found this optical illusion through my Google Alerts email, and noticed it’s pretty interesting. At first you may miss the illusion, but if you watch carefully the center of the brown “dot”, you will notice that it appears to be expanding. The effect by its nature, is quite opposite from other illusion located in [...]

Moving Colors Illusion

(8 votes)

They say that if you see colors moving in this picture, you’re under influence of some kind of a psychedelic. I say it’s only another optical illusion. Or maybe both… You can also test your soberness with these similar illusions: real life hallucination, hyper-field illusion and eclipse of mars. How did you experience this colorful [...]

Diamonds are Gray! Duh…

(5 votes)

Friend of mine emailed me this cool picture! You may ask what’s so cool about it, thats what logically follows. I suggest you try figuring out yourself what is the illusion here, but if you are lazy continue reading this post :) This illusion is another example of this. Believe it or not, all [...]

Disappearing Spots

(15 votes)

This is a new version of popular disappearing effect illusion. If you stare at the center black dot for 30 seconds, you will see how the colored spots around it will slowly disappear. Try it! Did it work? If you liked this one, you can check disappearing effect category for the best optical illusion ever, [...]

Vanishing Stripes

(8 votes)

Concentrate on the red spot in the middle of the rectangle, and watch gray stripes disappear! This one is really cool, eventhough simmilar illusions have been posted in the past. Can you explain why this effect happens? I would really like to know why! P.S. Due to popular demand, Mac games are bout to [...]

Which Color Is Darker?

(7 votes)

This is so wonderfull illusion! It was sent to me by one of our fans called Mike. Believe it or not, the “white” letters are actually darker than the “black” letters. This effect becomes clear when the surroundings are removed. You can jump inside this article to see the proof! This is what Mike wrote: [...]

Expanding Line Illusion

(10 votes)

Few days ago user caled Comanche sent us this interesting optical illusion. At first I didn’t notice the illusion behind it, but next time I saw it, I noticed it immediately (eventhough, only by pure accident). Try to look at the image, then close your eyes, then open them again, and as your eyes try [...]

Dynamic Luminance-Gradient Effect

(7 votes)

Alan Stubbs from University of Maine in USA made this wonderfull optical illusion. This illusion participated in “Best Visual Illusion Of The Year Contest”, and made it to the finals – The Top 10 Finalists to be exact. What you should do is simple, Alan explained: “For the primary effect, one should sit at a [...]