Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agoThere is the face of a cat in this picture. Can you find it?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up185
arrow-up185imageThere is the face of a cat in this picture. Can you find it?lemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-218 hours agoColor variations in white tiles, it seems. When you look close, the brain compares shades of white to the neighboring black. When you look far away, brain focuses on larger patterns.
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-26 hours agothat’s what it is, I’ve made one before. basically grayscale image faintly on a black and white pattern, doesn’t need to be checkerboard.
minus-squareEmpathicVagrant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 hours agoSpray a little water on it and the illusion stops working, so yeah it must be magnets.
How does it work?
Color variations in white tiles, it seems. When you look close, the brain compares shades of white to the neighboring black. When you look far away, brain focuses on larger patterns.
that’s what it is, I’ve made one before. basically grayscale image faintly on a black and white pattern, doesn’t need to be checkerboard.
Magnets, maybe.
Spray a little water on it and the illusion stops working, so yeah it must be magnets.