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Optical illusions I

 


Yep... the horizontal lines ARE parallel!

 

Spirals
This may look like a spiral,
but they are individual circles.

 

Columns
Those columns look funny, eh?

 

Opposite colors
Stare at the flag for 15 seconds. 
Afterwards, look quickly at the 
white area of the screen. The 
afterimage will be a ghostly 
red, white and blue flag!

 

Impossible manual
Good luck following these directions!

 

Two faces
See the other face?
Clue... look at the image upside down.

 

Impossible window
The window of opportunity... impossible!

 

Cyan and Yellow
Fixate upon the black spot in between the uniform cyan and yellow areas for about 30 seconds. Then scroll down and shift your gaze to the black spot in the 2nd image. The image appears uniform after this adaptation.  

 

Same green!
It may look like two different shades of green, but the color is actually identical in this illustration.

 

Red straight lines
The curvy looking red lines ARE straight!

 

upside down
Who is upside down?  :)

 

triangle
The star is not closer to the top of the
triangle than the bottom-it only looks it.

 

circle within circle
The inner circle is NOT egg-shaped!

 

Hidden Faces
Can you see the two hidden faces?

 

twisted_letters
The letters are all upright. It's the black
and red overlap outlines that make them
appear tilted. Only try this when sober.

 

bent_squrare
Is this a straight-edged square?  Yep!

 

different_depth_or_moving
See how when you move your eyes around this graphic
the circle in the middle starts to float right off the page.

 

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How many legs do you see?

 

eskimo_chief
Can you see the Indian chief AND the Eskimo?

 

liar
Can you see both the face and the word 'liar' in this picture?

 

old_or_young
Can you see both the young woman and the old lady?

 

parallel
Yes... those lines are parallel.

 

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Look closely... can you see the face?
(hint: step back from your monitor)

 

which_is_longer
Which line is the longest?  They're the same!

 

which_is_biggest
Are those monsters equal size? ...yes!

 

blindspot
Close your right eye, and look at the number 1. 
Slowly move your eye from number to number,
and suddenly the yellow dot will disappear.

 

gray_is_gone
Close your right eye and look at the center of the circle on your right.  After 20 seconds, while keeping your right  eye closed, look at the center of the circle on your left and notice how the gray is gone.

 

sax
Do you see both the face and the sax player?

 

Black spot
Find the black spot...  yeah right?!?

 

impossible_triangle
The impossible triangle!



Warped Squares - there are no
curved lines in the figure above


There are no gray spots at
the corners of the squares

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