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Optical illusions to confuse your brain



Your eyes can play tricks on you. Pictures that confuse your eyes and brain, tricking them into seeing something differently, are called optical illusions. See if you can figure out these optical illusions.

taller.jpgWHICH OBJECT IS TALLER?

None: They’re all the same size.


longerline.jpgWHICH LINE IS LONGER?

Neither: They’re both the same.


gradient.jpgIS THIS GRAY HAZE SHRINKING?

Stare at the black dot. After a while the gray haze will appear to shrink.


coloredlines.jpgDO THESE COLORED LINES BEND?

No, they’re perfectly straight—but try telling your eyes that!


wheels.jpgARE THESE WHEELS SPINNING?

Stare at the center. Now move your head back and forth toward and away from the page. The circles will appear to spin.


blackdots.jpgHOW MANY BLACK DOTS CAN YOU COUNT?

Look closely and you will see them.


faces.jpgDO YOU SEE TWO FACES OR A VASE?

If you see one, close your eyes for a moment, then look for the other.


straightlines.jpgARE THESE LINES STRAIGHT OR CROOKED?

Yep, you guessed it. The horizontal lines look crooked, but they are perfectly straight.


flag.jpgARE YOU SEEING RED, WHITE & BLUE?

Stare at the center of this flag for one minute. Then look at an empty white sheet and you’ll see a red, white and blue flag.

HOW THIS FLAG WORKS

Your eyes see color as measures of red or green, blue or yellow and bright or dark. When you look at a green object for a long time, your eyes get tired and start seeing red. When you look at yellow, after a while you’ll start to see blue. And darkness turns into brightness. The result: Even this wacky flag can be good, old red, white and blue—after a while!


Comments about “Optical illusions to confuse your brain”

  1. little buddy says:

    they are very awesome

  2. foxhunter says:

    The black dot and the two face/vase were the best optical illusions!

  3. COOL KID says:

    I tricked my brother

  4. iPad says:

    Optical illusions are amesom on the iPad they should post more.

  5. mitch says:

    I love optical illsions

  6. Darth Bob says:

    There Awesome!! I love the flag!!

  7. FOOTBALL FAN says:

    MY FAVORITE WAS THE TIRES

  8. imaneaglescout says:

    Hey guys, If you cross your eyes on the black grid where you are supposed to count black dots you can make the grid shrink and turn
    it white. ;]

  9. machupichu0609 says:

    it’s prety cool. You should post more.

  10. AHar says:

    its so confusing. Are u seeing what i`m seeing?!:)

  11. EZC says:

    amazing who ever made this did a nice job

  12. potato says:

    the flag works

  13. JemJeezy :) says:

    Ths is soo cool :o ithnk i’ll use ts topic for my ScienceFair Project :)

  14. wiilover says:

    that is so cool

  15. wilderARBITER says:

    I don`t see the red, white, and blue on the flag.

    • bcbwebelo says:

      stare for a while, you see it for a moment. or just use you computer, go to, say, microsoft word, and move your mouse so that it changes to the opposite color

  16. Dominator says:

    they are Awesome!!

  17. Da B says:

    awesome

  18. bow hunter says:

    the flag one is cool

  19. Immpossible says:

    freaky!

  20. GymGiant says:

    COOL!

  21. imagirl says:

    wow my favorite is the flag 1

  22. monsterkiddo says:

    AWESOME

  23. lollypop says:

    Cool! the spinning tires actialy looked like they were spinning! (I couldn’t really count any black dots because when I looked somewhere the dots wold appear some where else) ! :-)

  24. BOphan says:

    I’ve seen better illusions.

  25. somebody says:

    the black dot GROWS! no shrinking

  26. steelerz fan says:

    these r awesome

  27. koolguy says:

    if you cross your eyes on the black dot it turns blue

  28. bcr says:

    i thought that the flag was cool!

  29. shark says:

    if u lean back and fourth on the black dot it works

  30. shark says:

    it does not work

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