Optical illusions that will blow your mind

11 optical illusions that will blow your mind

Posted about 19 hours ago by indy100 staff in offbeat

Colours, patterns and shapes can trick the brain into seeing things that aren’t necessarily there. 

Put yourself to the test with these optical illusions and see if you should believe your eyes or not: 

https://www.lenstore.co.uk/vc/in-perspective 

via @Lenstore


More: This optical illusion will blow your mind

Colours, patterns and shapes can trick the brain into seeing things that aren’t necessarily there. These optical illusions might have you questioning whether you should believe your eyes, or not...

How many colours can you see here?

 

How many colours can you see here?

There are only three colours. The orange and pink horizontal lines trick your brain into perceiving the turquoise in the bottom left rectangle as being different to the colour used in the top right. In fact, it's the same colour used in both.

 

Are the squares labelled 'A' and 'B' the same colour? Or are they different?

They’re exactly the same colour. It’s the cylinder’s shadow that makes 'B' look lighter than 'A'.

They’re exactly the same colour. It’s the cylinder’s shadow that makes 'B' look lighter than 'A'.

 Link:

https://www.lenstore.co.uk/vc/in-perspective/#/checker-square