Optical Illusions (page 2)
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Be sure to check out page 1 of the optical illusions for some of my favorites.
And there'll be many new illusions coming soon.
(New one added on December 2012
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Added 9/26/10. Look at the little oval-shaped
objects. It appears that they are jiggling up and down as the vertical lines move across the picture. But this
is just an illusion. The oval-shaped objects are NOT moving at all. You just get the impression that they are.
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Added 12/19/10. This is very cool. Look at
the outer ring of dots. You'll see that these dots are black and white . You'll also notice that these dots are
constantly moving up and down. Here's the amazing part - they are not moving at all!!! That's right, this outer
ring of dots never changes its position.
What is actually happening is that these dots are just changing their color.
They are constantly changing from white to black, and then back to white again. When this color change happens it gives
the illusion that the dots are moving. But I assure you, the dots are never moving.
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Added 1/23/11. This image alternates between 3 identical
images that keep changing colors. One image has multiple colors, one is just black and white, and one is black/white
with gray colored buildings. Below are the instructions to make this optical illusion work.
Wait until the image
with the gray colored building appears. Directly in the center of the image is a tiny red dot. I hope you can see it.
(There's an arrow that points to it.) If you can't see the red dot, just look directly in the center of the image.
Within a few seconds the image will become filled with a variety of colors. Just stare directly at that little red dot
for about 10 more seconds. (There's a tiny counter that will count down to zero, if you can see it.) After 10
seconds the image will change to the black and white image.
And here's the cool part! Even though the image will
be just black and white, you won't see it that way. You'll actually see this black and white image with light shades
of color. But believe it or not, these light colors are NOT there. But it sure looks like the colors are there.
This is caused by the after effect of looking at the multi-colored image.
(Note: these light shades of color will only
be visible for a few seconds. Hopefully you'll see them. If not, try again by waiting for the image to switch
from colored to black and white.)
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Added 2/1/11. Look at the little
pink ovals. As this image constantly moves you'll get the impression that the little pink ovals keep shrinking.
But they're not. The size of the pink ovals never change. You just get the impression that they keep shrinking.
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Added 3/21/10. Another cool
rotating illusion. Watch the ferris wheel. It appears to be rotating in one direction. But if you simply
stare at it, it will suddenly start to rotate in the "opposite" direction. Look at it for a while again, and
it will switch back to rotating in its original direction.
Believe it or not, this ferris wheel is ALWAYS rotating in
just one direction. It just appears to switch directions.
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Added 1/12/09. Let me first
explain what you're looking at. There is a purple square and inside of it is a spinning gray object. Inside of
this spinning gray object is a circle Now here's what you should do - focus on the white dot in the center of this
picture. While you're doing this you'll still see the circle. What color is the circle? Most people would
say that the circle is purple (or a shade of purple). It's not! Believe it or not, the color of the
circle is not purple - its color is gray. To be more precise, the circle's color is the exact same shade of
gray as the spinning object. (If you need proof that it's gray, here's what you should do. Focus on exactly one
of the spinning wings of the gray object. As you're doing this you'll hopefully be able to see that the wing and circle
are the same shade of gray.).
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Added 1/12/09. This is similar
to one of the previous rotating illusions. Watch the entire object rotate around. At times it will
appear to rotate in a clockwise direction, and other times it will appear to rotate in a counter-clockwise direction.
However, the reality is that this object is ALWAYS turning in just one direction. It just appears to change directions
based on which colored dots you watch. To understand this, focus on one red dot and watch this dot go around.
When watching this one red dot, the entire object appears to rotate counter-clockwise. But now focus on one yellow dot.
When watching this yellow dot, the entire object appears to rotate in the opposite direction (clockwise). And sometimes
the entire object seems to just change directions without you doing anything. Pretty cool.
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Added 10/2/10. If you look at this image you will
see a red dot and some very light diagonal lines. Now try staring DIRECTLY at the red dot. Don't look at anything
except the red dot. The diagonal lines should slowly start to disappear, leaving nothing but the red dot. (For
this to work, you must really focus and concentrate only on the red dot. You may have to stare at the red dot for about
10 or more seconds. But be careful - the instant you take your eyes off of the red dot, the diagonal lines will
reappear.)
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Added 12/9/11. Watch the lines move back and forth.
It appears that one group of lines is red and one group of lines is orange. But this is not the case.
Both groups
of lines are exactly the same color. This becomes evident when groups of lines intersect and meet one another.
When this happens it becomes clear that both sets of lines are the exact same color.
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