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I did this quickly in paint by print screening the video (because I’m super lazy ) and it almost looks like the paper is all the same, but you can see that the far one is slightly darker than the light. There is a bit of a continuum effect – it just appears to slightly get darker as you look across, but you can’t see any clear changes.
Nearly works. The first two certainly look the same with the pencil there, but further to the right, and with concentration, the difference becomes apparent, particularly if you pause the video to give your eyes time to adjust. At first glance, there’s no difference so it’s effective enough. Clever illusion. As a professional artist, I’m trained to notice such things, so I suppose that’s why I made the effort to override the initial impression.
That one’s a classic. What’s even more fun is to cover all THREE transitions and have your brain try to figure out how it is that all three pairs are “the same” even when the left and right are clearly different. For me, it resolves to the left two being a single lighter shade and the right two being a single darker shade.
I struggle to see all of these illusions as Youtube is filtered at my place of work. Please post for still picture illusions for those of us who for one reason or another can’t view videos? Please?
September 28, 2011 at 7:06 am |
An oldie but a goody. Mind boggling.
September 28, 2011 at 7:35 am |
Nice one!
September 28, 2011 at 8:27 am |
What would it look like if you covered all three with a pencil each simultaneously?
September 28, 2011 at 10:10 am
^this.
We must be told!
September 30, 2011 at 7:25 am
I did this quickly in paint by print screening the video (because I’m super lazy
) and it almost looks like the paper is all the same, but you can see that the far one is slightly darker than the light. There is a bit of a continuum effect – it just appears to slightly get darker as you look across, but you can’t see any clear changes.
September 28, 2011 at 8:27 am |
Nearly works. The first two certainly look the same with the pencil there, but further to the right, and with concentration, the difference becomes apparent, particularly if you pause the video to give your eyes time to adjust. At first glance, there’s no difference so it’s effective enough. Clever illusion. As a professional artist, I’m trained to notice such things, so I suppose that’s why I made the effort to override the initial impression.
September 28, 2011 at 8:28 am |
That one’s a classic. What’s even more fun is to cover all THREE transitions and have your brain try to figure out how it is that all three pairs are “the same” even when the left and right are clearly different. For me, it resolves to the left two being a single lighter shade and the right two being a single darker shade.
September 28, 2011 at 9:19 am |
“I thought it would be good to have one that works for everyone” *
* Except colour blind people…they’re all the same shade to me, no pencil required.
September 28, 2011 at 9:31 am |
I’m colour-blind and it worked for me.
September 28, 2011 at 9:58 am |
No sound here at work, not sure whats going on?
September 28, 2011 at 10:12 am |
Totally pointless, the pencil.
Very good, the colour effect.
September 28, 2011 at 10:17 am |
I’m sorry,I just don’t see any illusion.
September 28, 2011 at 11:04 am |
Moving the pencil makes no difference to me
September 28, 2011 at 12:17 pm |
I struggle to see all of these illusions as Youtube is filtered at my place of work. Please post for still picture illusions for those of us who for one reason or another can’t view videos? Please?
September 28, 2011 at 12:46 pm |
Narrated by Bruce the Gay Guy from Family Guy!
September 28, 2011 at 1:48 pm |
Nice one – not seen that before.
September 28, 2011 at 3:26 pm |
How about creating a version of that sheet as a PDF (or something printable)?
September 28, 2011 at 6:28 pm |
Was I the only one to see the gorilla in the background?