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PostPosted: Mon Sep 30, 2002 6:02 am     Reply with quote
Can someone explain how this is possible?!

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 30, 2002 6:30 am     Reply with quote
I think I answered my own question. I guess it's just the lack of light on the lighter square that reduces it to the color of the darker square. But it's interesting to see how the eye still perceives the differences between the squares' true colors. If you remove all the other squares which suggest the true colors, the illusion disappears. Look:

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 30, 2002 6:34 am     Reply with quote
I think I'm going blind Blind
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 30, 2002 9:03 am     Reply with quote
yeah i saw this at eatpoo...im embarassed cuz i cant see it ....*still cant*
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