Oct 5, 2010

Checker Board Illusion

This is not new, but I still can`t help marvelling at it!

Yes, the squares A and B are the same shade of gray!



Here`s the evidence:


Edward H. Adelson, Professor of Vision Science, explains it here!

And some more of Lightness Perception and Lightness Illusions here.

1 comment:

  1. This is very cool! I covered the two dark squares closest to square B with my fingers on the top image and true enough...they are the same shade! A strong example of the effects of lighting.

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