Steve
04-14-2007, 08:36 AM
How many sides to this box? What can you put into it?
http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/o/images/optclillusn_magcuberealis_th.jpg
How many black dots can you count?
http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/o/images/optclillusn_blckdots.jpg
Watch the animation:
http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/eye-tricks/optic-pictures/moving-spiral-illusion-500.gif
So, the diamonds on the bottom are much lighter than the diamonds on top, right? Wrong! Actually -- and you probabbly have guessed this optical illusion by now -- all the diamonds in the picture are eactly the same. It's our eyes playing tricks on us! Maybe that's why diamonds are a girl's best friend?
http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/optical_illusions_pictures_3/images/graydiamonds.jpg
http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/o/images/optclillusn_magcuberealis_th.jpg
How many black dots can you count?
http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/o/images/optclillusn_blckdots.jpg
Watch the animation:
http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/eye-tricks/optic-pictures/moving-spiral-illusion-500.gif
So, the diamonds on the bottom are much lighter than the diamonds on top, right? Wrong! Actually -- and you probabbly have guessed this optical illusion by now -- all the diamonds in the picture are eactly the same. It's our eyes playing tricks on us! Maybe that's why diamonds are a girl's best friend?
http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/optical_illusions_pictures_3/images/graydiamonds.jpg