20 brain-busting pictures: incredible optical illusions from a Japanese professor

1. Hearts change color
2. The ring turns white and black
3. Spiral deceivers
4. Deceiving flowers
5. Strange eyes
6. Jellyfish that grows
7. Beating hearts
8. Blue tangerines
9. Mysterious rings
10. Umbrellas
11. Luminous cubes
12. A field covered with waves
13. Rollers
14. Crawling Lines
15. A ball that won't roll anywhere
16. Stereogram
17. Crawling snakes
18. Working gears
19. Elusive buttons
20. Soothing fish

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

In the illustrations, gears are spinning without any animation, objects change color, another picture is hiding in one picture - no magic, only science. These are the works of Akiyoshi Kitaoka, a professor at the Department of Psychology at Kyoto University and the creator of mind-blowing optical illusions.

Take a look at the photo of the cake. See the red strawberries? Are you sure it's red?

But there is not a single scarlet or even pink pixel in the photo. This image was taken using shades of blue, however we can still see that the berries are red. The artist used the same lighting effect that divided the world into two camps due to the color of the dress. And this is not the most delicious picture of the master of illusion. We share with you the most interesting.

1. Hearts change color

In fact, the heart on the left is always red and the heart on the right is purple. But these stripes are confusing.

2. The ring turns white and black

What color is the ring in this picture? In fact, it consists of stripes of two colors - blue and yellow. But what happens if you break the picture in half?

What happens is that on the left half of the ring appears white, on the right - black.

3. Spiral deceivers

We see two types of spirals: blue and light green. But they are all the same color: R = 0, G = 255, B = 150. You can check and guess what is the trick of this illusion.

4. Deceiving flowers

The flower petals appear blue from above and green from below, although they are the same color. These flowers also spin in opposite directions.

5. Strange eyes

What color is the doll's eyes? Red, blue, green or yellow? The gray ones. In all cases.

6. Jellyfish that grows

Take a closer look. The artist believes that this is a jellyfish that grows in size. Jellyfish or not - you can argue, but that it grows - it's true.

7. Beating hearts

When we look from one row to another, the hearts begin to pulsate.

8. Blue tangerines

There are no orange pixels in this image, only blues and grays. But it's so hard to believe.

9. Mysterious rings

These rings cheat three times. First, if you look at the picture, it seems that the inner ring is contracting and the outer one is expanding. Second, try moving away from the screen and getting closer to it again. During movement, the rings rotate in opposite directions. Thirdly, these rings also change shades. If you look closely at the picture and focus in the center, the inner ring appears redder than the outer, and vice versa.

10. Umbrellas

In these pictures we see umbrellas with two rings of different colors. In fact, on each umbrella, both rings are the same color.

11. Luminous cubes

Thanks to the play of colors, it seems that radiance radiates from the corners.

12. A field covered with waves

The field is filled with squares, but where does the illusion of movement come from?

13. Rollers

This is not animation, but it seems like the videos are spinning!

14. Crawling Lines

Everything creeps in different directions, although there is no animation here either.

15. A ball that won't roll anywhere

It seems that on the tiled floor, someone has forgotten a ball with the same pattern, which is about to roll away.

16. Stereogram

And this is a stereogram. If you look at the picture with the focus off the image, you will see a circle in the middle. Try to get as close to the picture as possible (almost stick your nose into the screen), and then slowly move away from it without moving your eyes. At some distance, the circle should appear by itself.