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Think about gradients.

so wait what color is it really? WHAT COLOR IS IT REALLY?!?!?

It's the color...... _-=*OF YOUR IMAGINATION*=-_

Someone please explain!

*brain failure

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>> ^arvana:
Think about gradients.


Ahhh, okay. I was actually thinking that the diamonds looked gradient, but only now do I understand. All the diamonds are identical, including the cut-out, but they're shaded from top to bottom, making each row look different. Nifty.

The very bottom half diamonds are actually lighter, notice he never puts the control diamond near them, then the contrast is maxed at the top with the white background. This suckers your brain into thinking they get darker as they go up.

This is why DeGrasse Tyson says that eye-witness accounts are the worst evidence possible - your brain can go haywire with the simplest of tricks.

HE'S A WITCH!

>> ^JiggaJonson:
so wait what color is it really? WHAT COLOR IS IT REALLY?!?!?


Green. Duh.

shine on these crazy diamonds!
http://www.videosift.com/video/Shine-on-you-crazy-Russian-diamond

Stupid human brain making me see wrong.

You're all wrong. Obviously the piece of paper is transparent. I win.

>> ^robv:
You're all wrong. Obviously the piece of paper is transparent. I win.


I have a cat in my beard. Your argument is invalid.

>> ^lovelynotes:
HE'S A WITCH!


BUUUUUURRRN HIM!!!!!

All the diamonds are the same. It's quite simple. I just mocked up an example in Photoshop.
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/9033/illlusion.png

Each shape is exactly the same; duplicated and moved. They are all filled with the same gradient which goes from the html color #654e3c to #897664. The light ends being close to the dark ends makes it appear as if the shapes are getting darker toward the bottom. The light tan at the top reinforces the appearance, but if you crop that off, the effect is the same, but maybe slightly less "believable."

If you've a bit paper handy you can cover up the dark half of the diamonds, so you can compare the lighter parts of the gradients, they should appear about the same color.

And what are witches made of??
>> ^lovelynotes:
HE'S A WITCH!

For the first 10 seconds I was like "WHOA!" Then I remembered gradients.

I'd like to see that image extended a few rows lower. I bet it would undo the illusion a little bit.

Funniest part:

Take the picture ForgedReality posted. Right click, copy image. Paste in MS Paint. Use the square selection tool to take a piece of the picture. Move it up and down.

Marvel as you see the colour get lighter and darker as you move it up and down the pic.

Weeeeeeeeird.

If you had this trick 2000 years ago you could have been Jesus.

Maybe that's what happened?

I watched this video and was so excited about spoiling it, but that was already done 3 or 4 times *sadface*

I'm going to try this trick myself by standing my girlfriend next to a line of supermodels.

Was anyone else waiting really expectantly for something amazing to happen until the end, but disappointed when nothing happened?

>> ^ryanbennitt:
Was anyone else waiting really expectantly for something amazing to happen until the end, but disappointed when nothing happened?


That's what my girfriend said to me last night, ba-dum-tish. I'll be here all week, folks.

Whoa.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:
I'd like to see that image extended a few rows lower. I bet it would undo the illusion a little bit.


I did that just for you, so here you go:
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/8874/illlusion2.png

Does it feel any less effective?

^Awesome. The middle looks more static, especially if you block the white at the top, but it's still very trippy.

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