Comments on: Optical Illusion

By: sn0flke

sn0flke — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:31:44 +0000

Very good @rox for the detailed explanation on color/hue behavior.

And side note, pardon my typo… *optical illusion

Great post!

By: rox

rox — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:39:37 +0000

its silly how some are so sure there is a gradient or other tricky things. The color is flat, like sn0flk wrote it’s all reflective off the hue it is next to when moved. Next to light colors that shade of gray is percieved darker, next to dark colors it’s percieved lighter.

By: monka

monka — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:16:26 +0000

My guess is that the moving diamond is made out of gray vellum paper.

By: sn0flke

sn0flke — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:13:01 +0000

My theory on this ptical illusion = it’s all reflective off the hue it is next to when moved.

By: Ashely Adams : Online Printing

Ashely Adams : Online Printing — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:11:07 +0000

This is absolutely bewitching. But I know it from somewhere else. It’s really an optical illusion… no trickery here. It’s the way our brains work.

By: James

James — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:55:28 +0000

As AM said, the diamond has a gradient, and appears darker towards the top where the white shapes are. It’s a clever trick and fun to figure out!

Nice post!

By: JIM

JIM — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:45:28 +0000

sorcerors magic

By: ilan.el

ilan.el — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:30:09 +0000

amazing thankyou :)

By: Sam Potts

Sam Potts — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:00:24 +0000

What’s really amazing is that it’s a different person’s hand that moves the diamond each time! Watch closely!!!

By: AM

AM — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:37:41 +0000

The “diamonds” are all the same. There’s a slight gradient from top corner to bottom.

By: pni

pni — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:40:23 +0000

It has to do with the light that reflects *from* the diamonds, a a bit more from the top of the triangle than from the bottom ;)

By: mb21

mb21 — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:27:42 +0000

@ahmed: try it yourself :) i guess it’s really only an optical illusions… the eye adjusts the color perceived to the surroundings of the moving diamond or something.

By: Ahmed

Ahmed — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:02:24 +0000

Ow! Cool!
I think it has something to do with how these diamonds are exposed to the light.

By: MsUnreliable

MsUnreliable — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:55:49 +0000

Whoa, that is tripping me out! I can’t stop watching it!

By: Lola Smalls

Lola Smalls — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:00:42 +0000

Wow.

Once the diamond was removed, I kept thinking of a monotone crayola box. Weird.

You always have some really interesting finds. I love this place!

/lola