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#1 2005-07-30 6:47 am

goodvibes
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Optical Illusions - What color is this?

I've just had a look at some great optical illusions which test your color perception to the limit.

It seems the saying "seeing is believing" isn't true after all.

It's hard to fly like a turkey when you're up to your ass in alligators.

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#2 2005-07-30 7:23 am

kamizuno
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Re: Optical Illusions - What color is this?

WOW, that's amazing, thanks for posting it smile

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/sigs/sigimage.php?u=37323

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#3 2005-07-30 7:47 am

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Re: Optical Illusions - What color is this?

cool up

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/5807/rocketboomuserbar.jpg
http://clubhouse54.com/forums/images/smilies/marathon.pngGet it

http://ukimalefu.googlepages.com/mafsignatureB.jpgStack it!

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#4 2005-07-30 9:02 am

tomfoolery
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Re: Optical Illusions - What color is this?

I still can't believe Illusion 1 - the chess board. That's messing with my head!! http://homepage.mac.com/oatmeal/MAF/maxes/twitch.gif

Very cool though.

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#5 2005-07-30 9:35 am

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Re: Optical Illusions - What color is this?

heh, that's really cool. I've seen the first one (with the checkerboard) before, but it's still hard to believe it..

-Tim

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#6 2005-07-30 10:30 am

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Re: Optical Illusions - What color is this?

I was gonna make some smart-alec remark like "I'm colourblind!" but these are too crazy-awesome for that!

"I'd rather be told, 'Have a nice day.' by someone who doesn't mean it, than 'F*** you!' by someone who does." - Lewis Black

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#7 2005-07-30 10:41 am

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Re: Optical Illusions - What color is this?

that is wild!
eek

thanks Fark!

Last edited by bloomsday (2005-07-30 10:49 am)

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#8 2005-07-30 12:29 pm

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Re: Optical Illusions - What color is this?

That third one just http://homepage.mac.com/theconfuzed1/.Pictures/smilies/explode.gif blows my mind.

Never underestimate the predictibility of stupidity
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#9 2005-07-30 12:32 pm

resedit
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Re: Optical Illusions - What color is this?

Yeah - those are cool.

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Jenny had a pistol in the other
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#10 2005-07-30 12:55 pm

Denali
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Re: Optical Illusions - What color is this?

I love these.  The checkerboard even fooled my husband.  He thought they changed colors when you turned the mask off.  HAHA.

Thanks for sharing

http://www.geocities.com/hosselblotta/a1bullet12-31.JPG

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#11 2005-07-30 2:50 pm

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Re: Optical Illusions - What color is this?

MtHowitzer wrote:

That third one just http://homepage.mac.com/theconfuzed1/.P … xplode.gif blows my mind.

It pisses me off.

Join the MAF AudioScrobbler group.
Protest ist, wenn ich sage, das und das paßt mir nicht. Widerstand ist, wenn ich dafür sorge, daß das, was mir nicht paßt, nicht länger geschieht.

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#12 2005-07-30 2:54 pm

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Re: Optical Illusions - What color is this?

I don't care what kind of "proof" you show me, those colors are different! I know what I saw!

Git off my lawn, ya durn kids!

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#13 2005-07-30 4:02 pm

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Re: Optical Illusions - What color is this?

No, your eyes were tricked into white-balancing the wrong part of an image through an already-assumed state of color on the image.

All you need to do to crack a technology is learn how it works. smile

-Tim

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#14 2005-07-30 11:47 pm

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Re: Optical Illusions - What color is this?

some of those i dont think really worked for me. At least what the desp said should happen didnt happen, Then again I am colorblind sad

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#15 2005-07-31 12:32 am

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Re: Optical Illusions - What color is this?

The second one, was no big deal.  I could see that the colors of the dots were the same.  The first one impressed me, but the third... WOW.  Yes, thanks for posting it.  smile

The storm starts when the drops start dropping.  When the drops stop dropping, the storm starts stopping.

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#16 2005-07-31 6:38 am

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Re: Optical Illusions - What color is this?

I don't get the big deal about the third one; for some reason, it seemed rather obvious to me.  I found the first one to be much more impressive.

Nonetheless, cool stuff...thanks for the linkage! up

Last edited by CaptKevMan (2005-07-31 8:06 am)

- twitter - flickr - tumblr -

(links will be added as I discover more cool stuff to share)

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#17 2005-07-31 6:58 am

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Re: Optical Illusions - What color is this?

they changed the colors of the other rings to make that trick work

http://www.sloganizer.net/en/style7,Procratination.png
http://www.clubhouse54.com/phpbb2/images/smiles/zomtie.png

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#18 2005-07-31 7:07 am

goodvibes
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Re: Optical Illusions - What color is this?

bloomsday wrote:

that is wild!
eek

thanks Fark!

Glad you all enjoyed it.

As bloomsday reminded me, I found it through a link on the Fark.com website. They have some amazing stuff there.

It's hard to fly like a turkey when you're up to your ass in alligators.

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#19 2005-07-31 8:15 am

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Re: Optical Illusions - What color is this?

There are a few other good ones on the eChalk site. Here's one I really like (it's a motion illusion):

Moving Gears

Explore more here.

Thanks again for the linkage, goodvibes! up

- twitter - flickr - tumblr -

(links will be added as I discover more cool stuff to share)

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#20 2005-07-31 8:18 am

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Re: Optical Illusions - What color is this?

CaptKevMan wrote:

There are a few other good ones on the eChalk site. Here's one I really like (it's a motion illusion):

Moving Gears

Explore more here.

Thanks again for the linkage, goodvibes! up

Apparently that one will make you sick if you stare at it for too long.

Anyone care to test that out?

"I'd rather be told, 'Have a nice day.' by someone who doesn't mean it, than 'F*** you!' by someone who does." - Lewis Black

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#21 2005-07-31 5:25 pm

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Re: Optical Illusions - What color is this?

I like the Mona Lisa one.

The storm starts when the drops start dropping.  When the drops stop dropping, the storm starts stopping.

Last Fm

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#22 2005-07-31 10:50 pm

Tria
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Re: Optical Illusions - What color is this?

the third one still looks like different colors to me.

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#23 2005-08-01 8:13 am

jabazar
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Re: Optical Illusions - What color is this?

The first one is bogus.  The swatch they have actually changes color.  Look at it in the top white space and then again in the bottom white space.  It's noticeably darker at the top.  down

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#24 2005-08-01 9:38 am

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Re: Optical Illusions - What color is this?

jabazar wrote:

The first one is bogus.  The swatch they have actually changes color.  Look at it in the top white space and then again in the bottom white space.  It's noticeably darker at the top.  down

And, umm... no.

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#25 2005-08-01 9:40 am

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Re: Optical Illusions - What color is this?

Try using the DigitalColor Meter under the Utilities folder.  It is more accurate than your eye.

Never underestimate the predictibility of stupidity
    -Bullet Tooth Tony, SNATCH

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