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Optical Illusion Thread: The lines you see are perfectly straight.
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Well it's not so much coincidentally as I understand it. It's either correctly guessing the right colors, or it's going the opposite way. The people that see it one way almost always see it that way. So really it more of a "your brain is compensating the right way or it's going backwards which is the wrong way" situation. Or in my case, my brain is just not compensating. In other words, it's just the way your brain works, it will always work in this manner.
It's fascinating
I see the color change between the two dresses
Idk I feel like it's bs and not an optical illusion
In the picture it objectively looks close to this, though (the "white" being more bluish gray). You can measure it.
I got it to switch one time, I don't remember which way now, but it's never happened since and I've tried a lot. Might be kind of like that twirling dancer illusion posted earlier, for some people, in that the mind can switch it around if it tries hard enough.
It doesn't matter what color the dress in the photo has in reality, in the image it looks close to what I posted.
If I shine a green light on a white dress and take a picture of it, you see a green dress in the picture.
EDIT: Ha, that timing.
My color guessing brain redeemed. But yes, that is exactly what I see, except with the colors more light (greyish and brownish) due to the exposure/light.
The comparison pic above and that gif on the previous page finally make me understand what others see (the white and gold).
EDIT: Ha, that timing.
Man, this is really messing with me. At first I could only see it as white and gold, but after color correcting it in Photoshop, I can now only see it as black and blue:In the picture it objectively looks close to this, though (the "white" being more bluish gray). You can measure it.
And now I can't see it as white and gold anymore. Hrrrrr.
Edit: AND NOW IT'S WHITE AND GOLD AGAIN WTF
TheGameshark
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Finally got it to work. This is fucking nuts.The worst for me are the 3d spinning dancers where you have to try reeeeeeaaaallly hard to make it spin the other way.
This one:
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I'm not sure you're using the word "objectively" correctly.
Maybe it's the result of a career in video production, but once I saw those explanation images it made perfect sense to me. Under golden light, black fabric will look brownish. Likewise under blue light, yellow fabric will also look brownish.
The entire thing is based around the idea that different people will "assume" the lighting of the scene is either golden or blueish, and that will inform whether they believe the dress to be one way or the other.
FormallyFamicom
Member
The dress is one of the best illusions of all time. One of those weird internet moments I will never forget, along with the gif pronounciation wars.
Look at PauloDEC's post above. (Apparently) white in blue shade and blue in yellow shade give the same color. In the case of this picture, it is the sunlight (yellow tint) on a blue dress is giving the effect.
BLOODED_hands
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Yup. I knew after looking at it for a while that it was overexposed. The background gives it away imo. I do still see it as Blueish-White and Gold though. It's just how my mind is wired. Now the example from the thread starter..... My brain still can't correct itself, but my mind knows that it is straight but it bends and curves due to the black/white boxes.
The trippy circles don't work anymore. I've been exposed to them for too much where I know that they're not moving. The Dancer starts one direction (usually counter-clockwise) and then reverts and stays spinning clockwise.
I will never understand these. I can cross my eyes and see the image in a sort of "3D" concave way but never if I just look at it as is.
hurricanes
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I guess I am one of those who don't see the "tricks", except maybe op...(which I see slope if I focus on the spades, if I blur them out the lines are straight)
Almost every "gif" pics in the thread is completely static for me.
Dot pics: 12 dots and 0 dots?
Dress: blue and black. I also did a color test the first time I see it. They are legit blue and black colors in color codes...
Almost every "gif" pics in the thread is completely static for me.
Dot pics: 12 dots and 0 dots?
Dress: blue and black. I also did a color test the first time I see it. They are legit blue and black colors in color codes...
Yeah. I mean, just looking at the background, I know it's overexposed to hell, so I can't see it anything as black and blue, no matter how hard I try.
While white and gold to me still, I can now see a blue tint. Hm.
Anyway, most these illusions give me headaches as I try to force myself to unsee the illusion.
I didn't say white, I said bluish gray.
http://www.color-hex.com/color/8594bf
In the photo there is brown metallic and the above color.
Wyndstryker
Member
Why did you bring this dress back up.
I'm one of those people that see it white/gold at first, then need to reorient my vision to see it black/blue.
When you threw it up I saw it white/gold so I had to google it, then it was gold/blue. then saw an regular image of the dress then it fully went black/blue
Chokers are in. Bonnets got next.
Hero of Time
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I saw it as white and gold at first, but I took off my glasses and it instantly turned black and blue. Even once I put my glasses back on, I only see it as black and blue now.
You most definitely have to cross your eyes, so you're not doing it wrong. The figure in the image though should pop out with the background back behind it. The idea is if you stare at it, your eyes will cross naturally the correct way to see it, but some people can't do it.
The worst for me are the 3d spinning dancers where you have to try reeeeeeaaaallly hard to make it spin the other way.
This one:
You fuckers stop lying to me
Wyndstryker
Member
There has been a study that says the time you wake up affects what you initially see the dress.
White/gold tend to be early risers. And I know I had to wake up early today...
White/gold tend to be early risers. And I know I had to wake up early today...
Protip:
feel free to post more optical illusions.
Look at the image from the side of your screen and you will see the lines perfectly straight.
xenoncrash
Member
Now my brain hurts lol! How do we even see color anyhow? Like electromagnetic radiation has intensity and frequency but then our brains make color out of it? ugh...I'm stupid.
Love this thread.
Love this thread.
Jason Frost
Member
What is going on there? It is photoshopped, right?
His pants are two colors, white and blue. It just looks like her legs.
Vital Tundra
Member
This kinda stuff makes me physically uncomfortable. Is that normal?
godofcookery
Member
Wish I could say... Seems like they don't, at least on LCD screens.
NullPointer
Member
The guy in the foreground has some sweats or a hoodie tied around his waist.
Or that ;p
The worst for me are the 3d spinning dancers where you have to try reeeeeeaaaallly hard to make it spin the other way.
This one:
The trick to this is to stare at the feet and shadows of feet only. I've gotten pretty good at making it change by will.
Yea, now that you say that I am not sure which one
xenoncrash
Member
I wouldn't say so. Our brains are fickle bastards and they act up when seeing thinfs thry can't comprehend. I feel a bit iffy when looking at these things for too long.
I H8 Memes
Member
wth? This dress was white and gold earlier and now I come back to this thread and its blue and black?
Thelonelykoopa
Member
Or you eyes have reached a new evolution in which they are no longer fooled by our pitiful illusions.
xenoncrash
Member
Maybe your eyes are better. They are very crooked to mine unless I look at the edges as suggested. Love optical illusions.
IdreamofHIME
Member
Gold and White
Blue and Black
That's weird, someone change the colours in both photos? Because I really see different colours depending on the photo.
it was color corrected in photoshop. So technically, it is different and thats why it looks different. Same for me, of course. I wonder if they look identical to people who claim to see black and blue in the standard image.
NHarmonic.
Member
The dress is obviously white and gold, but the shadow casted on it it's kinda blueish. Nottu this shittu again.
MetalGearZed
Member
i swear this was white and gold for one second when i first scrolled down. i guess i jave to wait 5 more years to see those colors again
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