Color Changing Illusion

Ed Minchau from Robot Guy, was messing around learning to do mesh objects in POV-Ray and stumbled on this illusion by accident. As we see, the image is in full color, but apparently if you stare at the center of it (from a distance of about a foot) for a few seconds, it turns into shades of gray. I had trouble getting this effect, but at the end I managed to see it! Does it work for you as well? It’s connected to Hybrid Images illusion, only this time it has something to do with color adapting. Enjoy…


color changing illusion

43 Replies to “Color Changing Illusion”

  1. Very nice! The first effect I got was that it looked 3D, but after I moved closer to the moniter (By estimating how long a foot was) I saw it in gray. Good illusion!

  2. I couldn’t get the shades of gray to come up, but I noticed something else. If you are relatively close to the screen (a few inches away) the shades of red seem to take up most of the shape. If you move back to a foot or more, the shape seems to turn mostly cool shades of green, blue, and violet.

  3. wow it’s really cool when you move back and forth, It worked for me and the color changed to a dark gray. great illusion =D

  4. WOWWWW.

    That is AWESOME.

    Just stare at the middle where all the pieces meet, unfocus your eyes and try to notice the darkness of the colours, rather than the colours themselves.

    Liz was right too..

    A multi-illusion picture. Like it.

  5. i agree with Liz. it took me awile be4 it became grey, but when it did, the green still kinda showed.

  6. It does work but it’s a very fragile illusion. As soon as you eyes move from the centre to anywhere else you see all the colours again and you have to start from scratch. I agree with elliex that it does have a green “aftertaste” but the point where all colours are gone does exist…

  7. Part of the fading to gray has to do with the fact that staring at any intense color for any length of time will cause the color-sensitive cones in your eyes to get exhausted and you will start to see only gray.

  8. at first i didnt see it cuz i wasnt looking long enouf. but just like, i dont no, look i guess. it worked for me.

  9. At first nothing happened. Then I started seeing the gray as my eyes started drooping. Then whole illusion went away as I nodded off.

  10. it took a while for me to see the gray , but i did and then it took a while for me to see the colors again, i liked it , very cool

  11. Omg asson as i looked at it from 2 ft. away from the comp the pink was less noticeable then when u looked really close.

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