Mind-bending optical illusion has hidden depths – but not everyone can see it
THIS mind-bending optical illusion has hidden depths but not everyone will be able to notice.
The image shows a blue pupil inside a red eye socket on a plain black background.
Posting on , scientist Tom Stafford said most people will think the color red is closer.
He said the blue “looks deeper or further away”.
Stafford added: "There is an incredibly strong depth - the blue and the red appear as if they are at different distances."
The scientist shared a reverse copy of the picture, showing a red pupil and blue eye socket.
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He added: “I can enhance the effect by blinking rapidly, turning the brightness up on my screen, and viewing in a dark room.
“The colors appear at different depths they even appear to glide separately when I move my head from side to side.”
The effect is known as chromostereopsis.
When colors such as red and blue are placed alongside each other, it's tricky to focus on both.
The wavelengths of the colors stimulate different parts of the eye.
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