is this illusion for real (picture inside)?

[theoceansnerves]

[Sapphocrat]

1. Yes.

Hex: 6B6B6B
RGB: 107 107 107

[theoceansnerves]

3. yeah!

i checked too! but it's got to be the craziest optical illusion i've ever seen!

[agates]

2. Cool

I've seen a similar one. Had to prove it to myself in photoshop.

[Sean Reynolds]

4. Yup, here's the proof.

I cut the 'B' box out and when it's alone you can see they're the same color.

[Jim Sagle]

5. Who the fuck do you guys think yer kiddin?

[huellewig]

6. Any idea on how this works?

curious..

[huellewig]

14. This is the best I could come up with.

Checker Shadow Illusion
This fantastic illusion was created by Edward Adelson.
Incredibly, both A and B are the same shade of grey. The illusion plays tricks on the mind partly thanks to the dark shadow contrast around B - but also due to the bright white background contrast near A.
With some 'training', it is possible to see both A and B as the same shade, but otherwise you might want to import the picture into a paint package to prove it to yourself.



I used Photoshop and they are the same.

[Angelus]

7. They aren't the same.

That's what they want us to believe...

[TheWizardOfMudd]

8. Agreed

Shade is different from contrast and brightness.

Its a trick illusion.

[TrustingDog]

9. Repubs or Dems?

so is A Repugnicant and B Democrap, or vicey versie? Same shit, different pile - is that the point? that's how I took it.
heh.

but yeah, What a surprise, I photoshopped it as well and lordy they were both rgb 107s... damn, that's Interesting, but scarey as hell as well...

[Sean Reynolds]

10. Yes they are.

I didn't do anything to this square except crop it out from the rest of the squares.



As you can see, they're the same if you don't place 'em side by side to the lighter squares.

[Angelus]

11. Dude...they are different.

You're trying to b.s. me. It's not going to work. :)

[TheWizardOfMudd]

12. You are correct

Believe your eyes. I do.

[Mobius]

17. no, I cut it out myself.

Cut it out yourself and see. It's an illusion. Don't feel bad, I didn't believe it either.

[Sean Reynolds]

13. uh huh.

;-)

I'm part of the vast right-wing conspiracy at play with this optical illusion.:bounce:

[Lucky Luciano]

15. I have seen this one before

This is the best illusion I have ever seen. I saw it on a printout at a computer lab at UCLA. When I folded the paper so the square A and B were adjacent, they were amazingly the same shade - BLOWS ME AWAY still!!!!!!!

[Mobius]

16. THAT IS SO MESSED UP!

:wtf:

THEY ARE THE SAME! :wow:

I had to cut it out myself, because I didn't believe it. :o

[physioex]

18. Try this to prove they are the same..

Close one eye..Squint the other and look B off center. You might see they are the same...Or I see a big black spot in the center...