This optical illusion can trick your brain, thanks to a colorful scientific theory. ... One observer even cropped out the squares from the illusion to prove that they didn’t actually change color.

Optical illusions are cases where what is seen is different from what is "out there." ... Instead, its color would change ever so slightly, very quickly, as the music did different things.

A new optical illusion is going viral. It plays tricks on how we see colours. The illusion uses green, yellow, and black. Some people see the Union Ja ...

Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder; this optical illusion gives ample proof. The online curiosity features an image of a blue face with white hair next to a white panel. Viewers are instru… ...

What looks like a color-changing square is a simultaneous contrast illusion. Psychology professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka studies optical illusions at Ritsumeikan University in Japan.

Metamerism is the colour change seen in a coloured item because of different spectral emissions from different light sources. Basically, each light source has its own “color”, so when it’s ...

Anders Anglesey is a U.S. News Reporter based in London, U.K., covering crime, politics, online extremism and trending stories. Anders has covered QAnon conspiracy theorists and their links to U.S ...

Changing a color’s appearance by changing the background or lighting is one of the most common techniques in optical illusions. As the examples below show, colors can change dramatically against ...

An optical illusion has been shared on Reddit that is so needlessly creepy it made me shiver. The illusion itself is mind-boggling and makes you want to watch twice, but it's the presentation of it ...

3D printing has certainly opened up a new doors when it comes to brain-bending optical effects, like this hypnotic Moiré pattern, and perhaps dual-color filament can enhance those as well.