chris_f
msg:323097 | 10:51 am on Oct 20, 2002 (gmt 0) |
I had to check it as well. WOW. Chris.
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dcheney
msg:323098 | 11:02 am on Oct 20, 2002 (gmt 0) |
that is cool
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diddlydazz
msg:323099 | 11:21 am on Oct 20, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Weird. I quite like the first one, I found a really cool one once I will try and find it and post. Dazz
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defanjos
msg:323100 | 5:07 pm on Oct 20, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Wow, that is on of the weirdest things I ever seen.
Fired up Photoshop, and like everybody else saw, the colors are the same. Simply amazing.
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cornwall
msg:323101 | 5:37 pm on Oct 20, 2002 (gmt 0) |
No wonder I don't get any work done - had to check this too for myself :) If you copy the colour of square A onto a square on a new layer in Photoshop, then drag this new square across the original layer, it gives you a clear idea as to how the eye is tricked. Must be that the eye is particularly bad at differentiating shades of gray, and only registers gray in comparison to being a colour darker than or lighter than the surrounding shades. Mind you the human mind is also bad at differentiating shades of gray - hence we tend to present information as either black or white. ;)
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cminblues
msg:323102 | 12:35 am on Oct 21, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Gray squares.. amazing.
I must upgrade the buggy OS of my eyes, no doubt. :) cminblues
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dvduval
msg:323103 | 1:46 am on Oct 21, 2002 (gmt 0) |
That blew me away!
I took it into photoshop and cut them out and placed them side by side:
[david-duval.com...]
B looks so much lighter, doesn't it?
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Thors Hammer
msg:323104 | 3:27 am on Oct 21, 2002 (gmt 0) |
OK, not that I didnt trust anyone, but it into Photoshop also. That is absolutely wild, the same exact color. I printed out the first one to take to work tommorrow, see how many people I can get to fall over staring at it. LOL Thanks for sharing it. Thor
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littleman
msg:323105 | 5:54 am on Oct 21, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Hehe, did the same thing with the GIMP. very cool!
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littleman
msg:323106 | 6:00 am on Oct 21, 2002 (gmt 0) |
What is amazing is how little of the image needs to be shown to cause that illusion. check it out [cgi-fun.hypermart.net]
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dcheney
msg:323107 | 6:20 am on Oct 21, 2002 (gmt 0) |
For those that want the gory details, this related page gives the explaination (not my site, etc.): [www-bcs.mit.edu...] [please chop this message if URL is not okay to post]
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JonB
msg:323108 | 7:07 am on Oct 21, 2002 (gmt 0) |
littleman, even more stunningfor me ws when i opened it in psp, then ZOOMED 3 or 4 times so only those 2 squares fit on screen and it still looks totally different color! also what i did now is to copy some little square(not all square but jsut little cut out,scrap ) from zoomed pic A and hold it in my mouse (you know ready to paste). then moved it on square A and then on square B and it is the same color:) Jon
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transistor
msg:323109 | 5:19 pm on Oct 21, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Cool! I guess context is everything, isn't it?
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Liane
msg:323110 | 5:52 pm on Oct 21, 2002 (gmt 0) |
The first one really made me laugh. That is a very cool illusion. The second one has me thoroughly confused. I too checked it in photoshop and my mind can't seem to grasp how on earth they are the same colour ... but they are! Totally freeky!
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