weird illusion

Gozer_Destructor · 1 month

I expected it to be a gif that would change to make my finger point into some dudes asshole or something. I'm not sure if I'm glad or disappointed.

Vexxxy · 1 month

I first put my finger vertically. I was all, "I don't get it.."

Then I realized that I am an idiot.

SuperHerb · 1 month

Stop breaking my brain! It's the only one I've got!

jermzdeejd · 1 month

Yea just got done wiping the finger mark from my monitor.

nemesiscw · 1 month

More trippy. The boxes of A and B are the same shade of grey.

SuperHot · 1 month

haha reminds me of this

longmover79 · 1 month

To actually see the bottom one get lighter in front of your eyes, slowly move your finger up to expose the join. Why you lie to me brain?

skitzo12 · 1 month

.....this isn't wtf.

Drumking00 · 1 month

WHAT IN POSEIDON'S PISS IS GOING ON!?!

AFat_M0F0 · 1 month

Show's called "Brain Games" On National Geographic.

Actually_JesusChrist · 1 month

If you blur your vision you will see it without using your finger.

ElizabethGray · 1 month

This is not WTF. Nothing is anymore.

WGMindless · 1 month

http://i.imgur.com/BSksi.gif

FreaXoMatic · 1 month

Um perhaps my screen is shit but the lower half is lighter. Even with covering and fingering the middle.

gmoney1393 · 1 month

How does that work?

redditabusesme · 1 month

I'm calling bullshit on this one. The top and bottom aren't the same color. The top of the bottom trapezoid is a lighter color and you obscure this part when you put a finger over it.

mookama · 1 month

I literally said what the fuck.

Lalabadie · 1 month

Wow! I tried, and now I see a fingerprint between the two boxes!

hardyvone · 1 month

Successfully fucked my mind.

infernusx0 · 1 month

Why you gotta fuck my mind like that?

RandomActOfUpvotes · 1 month

Oi Gestalt!

oSand · 1 month

Perhaps the illusion is created by your finger.

IISpadezII · 1 month

This guy wins the internet

knifegash · 1 month

I put my finger across vertically, and thought ''what is this foolishness?''

Then I put it horizontally, and I smiled :)

dinner-dawg · 1 month

Initially saw it as one colour, had to focus to see the 'two colours'. Backtafront.

Effervesser · 1 month

YOU'RE A WITCH!!!

garop7g · 1 month

But they are not the same color. The lower box has a white gradient on top of it. When you place your finger across the middle, you cover the gradient part. it's a good illusion, showing you how your eye and brain interpret the colors based on contrast (with the background, and each other), but to say they are both the same color, as a flat fact, is not true.

jvenable2893 · 1 month

No they're not the top one is darker the bottom one has a shadow cast on it because of the way its tilted. You are all stupid. Also wrong subreddit man.

bdotlloyd · 1 month

This is an example of Albers Interaction of Color: http://www.speednoisemovement.com/iioc/

*4 years of art school finally paying off

mr_sardonicus · 1 month

At first glance the boxes were different colors but as soon as I read they were the same my brain auto corrected without needing the finger

DarnTheseSocks · 1 month

Your brain automatically corrects the perceived color of an object based on the visual cues about the surrounding light. Dark objects that appear to be covered by shadows are automatically perceived as lighter. If you take away or override the light source cues, you go back to perceiving the actual color.

banhammer1 · 1 month

god will fix this in the next update

Tastygroove · 1 month

False, the edge you cover is white.

The box is 90% the same color.

evantron3000 · 1 month

My mind is broken!

（╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

Cashier_no3 · 1 month

annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd it never even worked.

MrMiller · 1 month

So, this is what /r/wtf has become?

BeerDuh · 1 month

I don't think I'm doing it right

tatersalad911 · 1 month

Dat some freaky voodoo mind shit right there

Creativation · 1 month

Here's another weird illusion. Wait for it.

quietmasturdebater · 1 month

Dat shit cray

ofMischief · 1 month

top box is the darker grey color, bottom box is same darker grey color except for the very top portion just before the line is a white or lighter grey color to cause the illusion with your eyes when you place your finger over the line thus concluding no real illusion but one that you have created for yourself.

confusedjake · 1 month

The top part of the bottom shape is a lighter colour, hence when you cover it with a finger it changes your perception. This illusion doesnt work since the two shapes arent identical is colour.

lalondtm · 1 month

top one still looks darker

wheenus · 1 month

Gradients ftw

InquisitorKaede · 1 month

HA HA! SURROUNDING-RELATIVE COLOR PERCEPTION!

WHAT A NOVEL IDEA!

Not gonna lie I did hold up my finger.

Scrupuless · 1 month

Hate to burst your bubble but they are not the same colour due to the fact the bottom box has a white stripe mimicking a light source at the top here the boxes meet (this is what your finger covers to reveal the illusion), technically the top one is solid grey whilst the bottom one is grey with a white stripe across the top.

Sharradan · 1 month

Thank god those arrows are there, otherwise I would have no idea what boxes I am supposed to look at!

/s

violet_nevermore · 1 month

This_Person1216 · 1 month

It's all about the shading

OptimusDimebag · 1 month

Surely there's a subreddit for illusions, this isn't WTF at all

infiniteladies · 1 month

How the hell is this WTF?

Boring_Machine · 1 month

I think its because your brain expects a shadow on the lower box.

puddingfarts · 1 month

even weirder is that the color used to highlight the words is the same on the top and the bottom

skytro · 1 month

Not working for me

theobanger · 1 month

WHAT SORT OF VOODOO MAGIC IS THIS!!!!!

PersonalConfession · 1 month

As a graphic designer, i'm going to send to every client who says i got the colours wrong

SkepticalSagan · 1 month

Am I the only one that sees them as EXACTLY the same color without effort?

unknown_poo · 1 month

If you focus just on the dark grey portion of the bottom object, both appear as the same shade of grey.

Khue · 1 month

In defense of the brain, the bevel/gradient in the top section of the bottom box is not the same color.

Imamjanedoe · 1 month

I decrectedntwo different shades of grey

bigstoney · 1 month

they arent the same color...... leans monitor back...... oh yeah

jsgilly20 · 1 month

It's all bullshit anyway, yes the two are the same colour (the main part is anyway) they are both hex colour #7f7f7f however the top of the bottom box isn't which is what creates the illusion so when you look at it it looks lighter. Middle area is hex code #e3e3e3 so clearly you can see there is different colours involved here. It's just when you place your finger over the middle you are covering this part where the different colour lays so it is no longer breaking up the image and the "illusion" is created.

themauwinator · 1 month

Its because just the bottom is the same color

iesvs · 1 month

Somebody get the goddamn children off the internet. Only children post these stupid fucking optical illusions thinking no one has ever seen them.

Maxwell1234 · 1 month

Has no one seen a gradient before?

ahairylumberjack · 1 month

What is this sorcery?!?

Batrok · 1 month

The boxes are PARTIALLY the same colour.

IStoleTheMoon · 1 month

WHAT IS THIS SORCERY?!

veterejf · 1 month

STOP PLAYING WITH MY BRAIN!

andrewcm2 · 1 month

Mind is blown. I'm easily amused when I'm drinking.

extruder · 1 month

This is really weird. To me, they're obviously the same color. Illusions like this used to work on me, but honestly, I was expecting to look at the comments and see "duh, of course they're the same".

Maybe it's because I'm horribly depressed and that's had some effect on my brain chemistry...I tried the other one, with the cylinder and the shadows, and didn't see the illusion there either.

luminiferousaethers · 1 month

The bottom value still looks slightly lighter.

hivemonkey · 1 month

get off my front page

Italian_Barrel_Roll · 1 month

FWD: FWD: FWD: RE: RE: RE: FWD: WEIRD ILLUSION

FundamentalLuck · 1 month

Is this what we've become? A place where old chain e-mails come to die?

steakmeout · 1 month

I think you'll find that the compression algorithm makes them two slightly different colours.

fugslidy · 1 month

I put my finger on the screen and it asked do I want to save this picture... Stupid smartphone

Abscurat · 1 month

I believe you, no need to put my finger anywhere.

teimenosce · 1 month

Most of the portion of the boxes are the same color; however, not all portions are. For example, the "top border" (25%) of the bottom box is slightly lighter than the rest of the bottom box. When you put your finger across the middle of the page, you are covering up this 25% portion of the bottom box and it appears the illusion is correct.

Here is an edited version where I cropped the section I am talking about and compared to the top and bottom boxes. Proof: http://imgur.com/2GLMh

TubesBestNoob · 1 month

I congratulate OP on creating a very high number of monitor smudges across the world today!

afihavok · 1 month

So cover the part thats not the same color and then theyre the same color... thats cool.

CptOblivion · 1 month

To be fair the edges of the boxes are different values, and if you account for shading then the bottom is lighter.

But yes, the value in the center of each box is the same.

FRINGEclass · 1 month

Didn't work on my phone!! :/

RocketMan350 · 1 month

Brains are dumb.

pjohnson07 · 1 month

50 Shades of Grey?

AustNerevar · 1 month

Okay...it just changes your perspective of the color, thus the illusion terminology. The bottom portion of the lower box is still slightly a shade lighter than the upper one. So, they aren't the same color.

xucoalex · 1 month

It's true. We do not perceive color in absolute terms!

trampus1 · 1 month

These boxes are mostly the same color.*

drgonzo69 · 1 month

I tried this on my phone and realised my finger was too fat for the illusion to work properly. So fuck this image.

Hamburginator · 1 month

Heeeyyyy, this was in a documentary my teacher showed in my physics class.

robinparlow · 1 month

Leave r/WTF and never come back.

scribbling_des · 1 month

They are both grey, butnthey aren't the exact same shade. The bottom box is slightly lighter than the top. I would prove this with photoshop skills, but I'm on and iPad.

Cruel_Intention · 1 month

I thought it was some light trick so I flipped my monitor around and it was still the same..the people at the library officially think I've lost it.

Ralfnader66 · 1 month

I watch nat-geo, too! Or was it the science channel :3

HEYausername · 1 month

Am I the only one that was smart enough to put my finger the right way? (that's what she said:))

Mysmuffler · 1 month

Did someone else but me just flip of a picture?

RunningMoto · 1 month

Off of that show on Discovery Channel?

digletts · 1 month

guys, its just the top of the bottom square thats white...

Cragnous · 1 month

F you brain!

SovereignAxe · 1 month

Wrong. There is a silver streak at the top of the bottom box.

StickyNinja · 1 month

I still dont see it.

EDIT: Nvm, I was splitting it vertically lol, you have to split it sideways through the 2 pages

DaAvalon · 1 month

Your dark powers scare and confuse me.

therealpaulyd · 1 month

Anyone else see it as the same color from the start?

bryguy894 · 1 month

Just painted the walls of my bedroom gray. Can't wait for the nightly mind fuck

SexualHarasmentPanda · 1 month

Of course they are the same color if you put your finger over the gradiant.

gee_what_isnt_taken · 1 month

LATERAL INHIBITION.

CannibalIowa · 1 month

Does not work for me

[deleted] · 1 month

The lighter upper portion of the bottom trapezoid gives the semblance of shade difference, but the bottom portion of the bottom trapezoid is the same as the one on top. Covering the middle with your finger simply hides the lighter portion of the bottom trapezoid. It's not really an illusion/mind-fuck because the two trapezoids aren't exactly the same color due to the bottom one having a gradient.

Krail · 1 month

... Am I the only one who doesn't see the illusion at all?

I mean, yeah... the boxes look like they're the same color to me without having to cover up the horizon line.

goisart · 1 month

It's called Joseph Albers.

Rufdog2 · 1 month

I don't get it, is it because of my phone?

Kracus · 1 month

That was strange... They both look the same color to me (without the finger) yet I've seen this illusion before and they did look different. I had to stare at the illusion for about a full minute before I started seeing one get darker and the other lighter.

Margaritashoes · 1 month

Clean monitor? Now wipe your finger across it.

vexata_quaestio · 1 month

It's not an ilusion! The bottom box clearly gets darker due to the proximity of my finger...

spartaninspace · 1 month

are anyone's eyes bad enough to really think those are the same colour?

MpegEVIL · 1 month

I don't know of a single person who hasn't seen this at least once, on or off reddit. This is really unoriginal and you should be downvoted to hell.

joncanoe · 1 month

didn't buy it; had to use colorzilla to be sure. rgb: 127,127,127 for both... my eyes have failed me.

FoxHoundUnit89 · 1 month

OH GOD WHAT THE FUCK THAT'S SO CRAZY WEIRD.

pontifechs · 1 month

This is the Craik-O'Brien-Cornsweet Illusion in case anyone wanted to know.

Link to a better demonstration: http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/lum_cobc/index.html

Dweezildorf · 1 month

My god. People's reaction of 'trippy' has never hurt my brain so much. Perception. Light. Shadow. Brain. Fuck.

melmerfudd · 1 month

Your illusion is bad and you should feel bad

creepingdeathv2 · 1 month

i cant even believe my eyes now ?

Londonsawsum · 1 month

the top is still darker than the bottom when you do it

dontviolate · 1 month

Didn't work for me, guess I'm an idiot

download13 · 1 month

Your brain automatically does color correction for shaded areas. Take away the shading cues and the colors change.

foofdawg · 1 month

Check out this video from Ted.com of Beau Lotto

WTF

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