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Monday, 23 April 2018

The dress colour illusion that everyone can see

OK, that's impressive.


Found on the internet.

A commenter on the original thread still didn't believe it, so a certain Bio Hazard made this very nice image to demonstrate that it's really true : https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/xQEAOk3IT1srGbUDYFqPcb2EQN9p79u4H4Dd0KaW7UlvgrrekjdsAKI027osCoeceRL7eGpVQA=w260-h183-n-rw

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3 comments:

  1. Gilmoure deTrimar23 April 2018 at 20:16

    Is this just a value issue, where eyes interpret color based on relative value around it? I mean, it doesn't look like hue is changing.

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  2. Rhys Taylor23 April 2018 at 20:30

    I think so, yes. If you look at the static image in the link and blank out everything around the stripe, it's clear that hue is constant.

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  3. Chris Greene24 April 2018 at 15:06

    Yes, it's doing exactly what it looks like it's doing. Download the image, open it up in GIMP or Paint, and do the movement yourself. At least, that convinced me. :)

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