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A bit of color-theory, and an optical illusion:

http://www-bcs.mit.edu/people/adelson/checkershadow_illusion.html

I got that link via email this morning, along witht he following message:

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It really messes with your head, but Square A and Square B are on the exact same shade of gray. You can take it in to Photoshop like I did if you don’t believe it.
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So I did, and they are. I love stuff like this. There’s also a link to a page explaining what your eye is doing to create the effect.

Update: There’s also some other neat links on this page (including that checkered shadow illusion)

Edited on Sep 30th 2002, 17:10 by Hooloovoo

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6 Responses to “A bit of color-theory, and an optical illusion:”

  1. -Kay- says:
    September 30, 2002 at 6:31 pm

    Link to top one is dead. Or atleast I cant get it working

  2. -Kay- says:
    September 30, 2002 at 6:32 pm

    Acctually cant get either working… Might be because I am downloading but should still load.

  3. ethal says:
    September 30, 2002 at 6:50 pm

    I got both links to work OK. Wow how does you mind do that - its great :)

  4. Hooloovoo says:
    September 30, 2002 at 6:59 pm

    Well, you can get to the first link from the second one, but they both WFM so…

  5. Zhaneel says:
    September 30, 2002 at 7:05 pm

    Nice illusion. If I stared for a while (and went a little cross-eyed) I could almost see it.

    Zhaneel

  6. -Kay- says:
    September 30, 2002 at 9:55 pm

    Umm, still cant get them to work… I cant connect to games on Battlefield 1942 either which I have just downloaded. Wonder if it could be connected.

    Strange.

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