13 optical illusions that are way better than the blue and black dress

By Johny in Cool On 11th April 2015
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#1 These two squares ARE THE SAME FREAKING COLOUR

Don't believe it? Hold your finger horizontally over the middle of them. Then you will see the truth.

#2 These celebrities turn into weird cartoons if you keep your eyes fixed on the cross

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#3 This isn't a parrot. It's a woman

Look to the right of the parrot's eye. You should see the outline of a head...then slowly...slowly...you'll begin to say "OHHHHHH SHIT WHAT THE HELL OH MY GOD GET OUT OF HERE."

#4 These guys are the same size

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#5 You ain't gonna like this, but the green spiral and the blue spiral ARE THE SAME COLOUR

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#6 The guys on the left ARE THE SAME COLOUR as the guys on the right

Our eyes see the background on which the figures appear, and need to create 'layers' for the images to be organised properly.

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#7 Oh and finally...look out

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#8 These cars are the same size, whether you like it or not

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#9 These lines are all perfectly straight

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#10 So are these people

This optical illusion is known as the Ames room, a room that is slanted such that, though it appears to be a cube, it is in fact a trapezoid. The ceiling and floor are at an incline, and the walls are slanted. Whereas it appears that the two people are standing level with each other, the person standing on the right is in fact much closer to the observer than the person on the left is.

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#11 This street art is completely two-dimensional

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#12 How are these dice doing that?

They're not. They're arranged as a 'Z' on the table and, because of the angle of the camera, your brain's being mischievous. It done you good.

#13 Nothing in this image is moving at all