Seeing a New Color Illusion

Sometimes we need few old school illusions to lift the spirit of our community. I noticed some of you like real-life ones better, and some acknowledge only hard core old school illusions as true ones. Which ones should I concentrate more on? Since I’m not really sure which ones you prefer, I’m posting them mixed.

If you remember the famous Eclipse of Mars illusion, the one that gave you opportunity to experience whole new color you’ve never seen before, you will like this one as well. Concentrate on the center dot for a minute or two, and you’ll experience an interesting effect. I would like to ask you how many different colors you see in the animation below? Probably your answer is 3 (or 4 if you count the white circle). In reality the “purple-ish” circle in the middle is the same color as the rotating wings. Don’t believe me? Fine, but now concentrate on one of the rotating wings, and you’ll notice how the color matches inner circle perfectly! Enjoy and share this if possible.

38 Replies to “Seeing a New Color Illusion”

  1. I looked at the illusion before I read your thing, and I just want to say that I never thought for a moment that the “figure” in the middle has any more than one color. My eyes still can’t see it as two, having since read what you wrote.

  2. Its was ok, i guess, at first i thought it was lame, but then the edges turned green!! Not too bad, but i prefer the ‘new school’ ones!! Cya!! ,N!

  3. green? i dont c green (no pun). it just looks lyk a mixture of the 2 clrs. maybe thats cuz im a lil color blind.

  4. OH my god, real neat effect. At first I only saw like the purply color of the circle, but after I saw the Eclipse of Mars I saw the green surrounding the square.

    Really nice.

  5. Sweet. If you stare for even longer after the purple circle appears, the “wings” go green. At least…they did for me!

  6. WHAT!?!?! green? you guys must be color blind, or maybe it’s me (w/e) I SEE A DIFFERENT SHADE OF PUPLE.

  7. heh, pretty cool. :D The purply colour in the centre and the flaring green around the edge.

  8. after i stared at pic i shifted my eyes to white area of screen and then saw green square. nifty

  9. I dont know about anyone else, but I did this twice, the first time, I saw 5 colors, and the second time I counted 7 lol

  10. i thought that the circle is the same color as the wings and when i started looking at the white dot the circle became purple-ish. didn’t it have to be the opposite?

  11. i actually think its quite wierd how the animation doesnt look like a perfect square but the tips of the “wings” hit each edge evenly…

  12. The trick looks better if you stare for like 20 seconds at the center, then move your head back, a little(always looking at the center dot) you see a green square growing and if you get close, you will see a white square inside the pink one.

  13. Shit man, it isn’t true, I didn’t saw anything. You all have daltonism. Green? Ha ha, please, don’t joke!!

  14. A LOT OF THE ILLUSIONS YOU ARE POSTING ARE PISS POOR EXAMPLES. SOME MAKE NO SENSE. WHY DO YOU SHOW THEM? WHO DOES YOUR SCREENING? OF ALL PEOPLE YOU SHOULD KN0W AN UNQUALIFIED ENTRY WHEN YOU SEE IT. ARE YOU RUNNING OUT OF REAL OP. ILL.?

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