Guest Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 Will you believe me if I say that the square 'A' and square 'B' are of the same color? You can easily verify this using a image editor (use the 'color picker' tool OR crop a portion of 2 squares and compare). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 they definantly not if u look it is ovious unless that square is discolored that the pattern would make A a black square and B a white square Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 they definantly not if u look it is ovious unless that square is discolored that the pattern would make A a black square and B a white square I personally advise you open the image in an editor (MS Paint will work just fine) and see for yourself. Even I didn't believed it at first. Thats why its my favorite. Lesson to learn: Don't trust your eyes , always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 That is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 22, 2008 Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 Surely you mean the letter A and B are the same colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 22, 2008 Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 Surely you mean the letter A and B are the same colour. No, I think he means the squares that they are on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 THey are. The shadow from the cone thingy mades B darker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 (edited) I tried it. They are exactly the same color. ~~WEIRD~~ Edited June 24, 2008 by puzzlegirl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Gambit Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Wow. I just tried that myself. Still dont believe it though. Can anyone offer an explaination as to why one appears brighter than the other? I know the shadow has something to do with it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Unnnbelievable! I've made everyone look at it home. They all find it hard to believe until I show them the different swatches. Good find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 itachi-san Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 (edited) It's easy to see that they are the same color if you look at them peripherally while looking at the left-most edge of the grid. It works instantly for me at least, idk if it's the same for everyone. Edited June 25, 2008 by itachi-san Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Unnnbelievable! I've made everyone look at it home. They all find it hard to believe until I show them the different swatches. Good find. Similar situation at my home too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 It's easy to see that they are the same color if you look at them peripherally while looking at the left-most edge of the grid. It works instantly for me at least, idk if it's the same for everyone. With little concentration, you can see them as of having the same color. This especially works if you decrease the size of the image. For instance, copy the image to a folder and set its 'view' to 'thumbnails' and see the small image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 I tried it. They are exactly the same color. ~~WEIRD~~ Nice work . Now, if you move the cropped image of 'B' from bottom to top through square B, you can 'see' it changing its color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Surely you mean the letter A and B are the same colour. convinced now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Wow. I just tried that myself. Still dont believe it though. Can anyone offer an explaination as to why one appears brighter than the other? I know the shadow has something to do with it... I got that image from wikipedia. Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 convinced now?Nope - they are different tones on the left to the one on the right - try my method place two holes in a liece of paper then look at one then the other After look at booth at the same time - there appears to be a graduating tone in the insert as well as the slight difference from the one on the left. Maybe I need my eyes tested! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Nope - they are different tones on the left to the one on the right - try my method place two holes in a liece of paper then look at one then the other After look at booth at the same time - there appears to be a graduating tone in the insert as well as the slight difference from the one on the left. Maybe I need my eyes tested! I think you are right . Especially on the last statement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 That is the coolest optical illusion ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Wow. I just tried that myself. Still dont believe it though. Can anyone offer an explaination as to why one appears brighter than the other? I know the shadow has something to do with it... This works the same way that all optical illusions work. Our brains are conditioned to interpret light coming into our eyes (what we see) based on precedent. You have seen checkered spaces and seen shadows move accross them, and have seen the white squares turn dark in the shadow. So your brain has learned to "ignore," or account for, shadows when interpretting color. So your brain is telling you that A is darker than square B based on the color patterns you would expect on a checkerboard. This is also reinforced by the contrast created by the colors of a checker board. Basic contrast is much easier for our brains to interpret than percentages of particular shade or hue...unless you're on queer eye for the straight guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Gambit Posted July 1, 2008 Report Share Posted July 1, 2008 This works the same way that all optical illusions work. Our brains are conditioned to interpret light coming into our eyes (what we see) based on precedent. You have seen checkered spaces and seen shadows move accross them, and have seen the white squares turn dark in the shadow. So your brain has learned to "ignore," or account for, shadows when interpretting color. So your brain is telling you that A is darker than square B based on the color patterns you would expect on a checkerboard. This is also reinforced by the contrast created by the colors of a checker board. Basic contrast is much easier for our brains to interpret than percentages of particular shade or hue...unless you're on queer eye for the straight guy. Thanx. that makes alot of sense. i b understanding now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 1, 2008 Report Share Posted July 1, 2008 ANOTHER way to view it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Nice - b oth of the boxes (A&B) had the same color RGB(120,120,120) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 ANOTHER way to view it A nice website as well. Thanks for the sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 unreality Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 I followed a link from the Wikipedia picture summary to a page from where a followed a link to here: http://www.yoism.org/?q=node/71 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 I followed a link from the Wikipedia picture summary to a page from where a followed a link to here: http://www.yoism.org/?q=node/71 I love the video with the octopuses on that site, especially the end of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Will you believe me if I say that the square 'A' and square 'B' are of the same color?
You can easily verify this using a image editor (use the 'color picker' tool OR crop a portion of 2 squares and compare).
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