Some optical illusions were made to boggle the mind, and the one we are talking about here definitely sits on a higher level. Developed by Professor David Novick from the University of Texas at El Paso, this optical illusion is based on twelve spheres, 4 red, 4 green and 4 blue… unless they are not. If you get close enough, you will discover that all the spheres share the same base of brown. So then, what’s happening here?
These types of images can go viral in a matter of minutes, divide the entire Web, sow chaos in forums and social network threads. The optical illusions challenge humanity and extract the best/worst in each of us. While we have a basic understanding of how they work, the truth is that the eyes and brain are quite easily manipulated.
This illusion is about the twelve spheres, accompanied by lines of colors following the classic RGB pattern. At first glance, it looks like we have a total of four red, four blue, and four green spheres. However, that information processed by the good old brain is false. Professor David Novick from the University of Texas at El Paso warns us that in reality, all spheres use the same shade of light brown, with the code RGB 255/188/144.
It might not look like it but the spheres are all the same size and color. If you shrink or move away from the image. If you move away you will notice that the illusion becomes stronger. With a zoom in of 200-250 percent, the illusion begins to disappear. The difference is that some spheres are overlapped only with red lines, others with green lines, and the rest with blue lines. If we somehow eliminate the overlapping section…
The illusion disappears. What is the official explanation? Our brains process colors individually, but also within the context of close colors. If we manipulate that context in a certain way (in this case, with the colored lines that overlap the spheres), we begin to detect a color transfer that in fact isn’t real.
Here is a video showing how the illusion with spheres actually works.
OK, here it is… designed by @NovickProf, animation by @thehardmenpath. pic.twitter.com/T7N3H6V1pK
— thehardme (@thehardmenpath) June 16, 2019
