we don't always see what we think we see

[Esav Benyamin]

Absolutely cool optical illusion.

Center the black + on your screen and ...

 

[Robbie Roberson]

WOW ! Esav, now that is really neat !

How does it do that ?


Robbie Roberson

 

[Esav Benyamin]

I don't know but I get a funny feeling when I see spots in front of my eyes.

 

[silvercall]

MY EYES!!!! MY EYES!!!!!


thats some pretty wierd stuff Esav!! Im going to have to ask my Psychology proff about how this works

 

[allenC]

Okay, I admit it...that was really cool!

How does that work?

Thanks Esav.

 

[Walking Man]

Whatever it is I think I see
becomes a tootsie pop to me.

 

[FullerH]

Damn! That thing is even worse than those Pseudo-isochromatic Plates of dots that they use to test for color blindness! It was damned near enough to make me :barf: .

 

[Esav Benyamin]

Around and around the little dot goes
and no one knows
why we all think
that dots of pink
are really green.

If you draw a spectrum around a wheel
the opposite colors begin to feel
as if they're tuning into each other
until your mind begins to smother
at what you know you haven't seen.

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[glennbad]

I feel like I'm at a Moody Blues concert...

Glenn

 

[Walking Man]

Gentlemen, this is how it works. When you look at a color long enough, in the case magenta, your eyes compensate by adjusting. When the magenta goes away, you see the color that your eyes use to compensate.

 

[savagesicslayer]

My eyes are broken!!!!! Tell God I want replacements!!!!!

 

[MBM medical billing]

No matter how this works, that is very cool. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Suicycoprowler]

When you stare at a constant image, your eyes become fatigued. As a result your eyes no longer pick up that particular color. You then perceive an "opposite" color. For instance, if you stare at this flag for a minute, and then look at a white piece of paper, your eyes will perceive a red, white, and blue flag.