Ryan Byrd’s Ramblings

So there’s this guy (Beau Lotto) who has this awesome optical illusion site that you should really check out. Here are two samples from Mr. Lotto:

1- In this one the brown center square on the top of cube is the same color as the orange center square on the side with the shadow:

2. This next one is trippy. ok, the blue colored square on the left (yellow tinted) pane is the same color as the yellow colored square on the right (blue tinted) pane. And, in fact, neither of them is either blue or yellow. they’re both gray!

This nifty optical illusion has been circulating on the Internet for sometime, and though I generally avoid pop-culture, I thought I’d convert some of the Utah Arts Festival images for your amusement. Enjoy!

Directions: With your mouse off the image, stare at the dot in the center for 30 seconds. Then without moving your eyes, move the mouse over the image.

And here is the original image (in color.)

Follow the link for a few more of these magic color optical illusions.

ref: http://www.johnsadowski.com/big_spanish_castle.php & http://www.johnsadowski.com/color_illusion_tutorial.html