This is some freaky stuff

[flipya]

http://www.lottolab.org/articles/illusionsoflight.asp

I'm stunned

[TIG]

Try this too http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/al_seckel_says_our_brains_are_mis_wired.html

[olishea]

I was absolutely convinced the colours were different in the examples....I even took screenshots-but they are the same!! the rubiks cube example just melts my brain! the colours appear completely different! aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!

[TIG]

Here's another one - it explains a bit about these types of optical illusions http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/beau_lotto_optical_illusions_show_how_we_see.html

[Dave R]

Back in the early 80s when I was in Fine Art school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I was shown a series of hand painted cards that showed the color illusions very well. The name of the artist who painted them escapes me but it was a powerful thing to see.

[otb designworks]

Jasper Johns played with color illusions a lot.

One of his more famous is an american flag that was green, orange, and yellow. Stare at it for a few minutes and then stare at a white wall and you'll see the red, white, and blue.

Perception is as close to reality as our brains can get

Cheers, Chuck

[bmike]

@dave r said:

Back in the early 80s when I was in Fine Art school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I was shown a series of hand painted cards that showed the color illusions very well. The name of the artist who painted them escapes me but it was a powerful thing to see.

Josef Albers .... classic art school and fine art training. If you have access to the originals or a hand printed copy - they are incredible.

[Dave R]

Thank you. That was it.