Optical illusions have the ability to trick our brains and our eyes into seeing things that aren’t really there. Everyone from children to adults gets a kick out of these images because they can drive us crazy as we attempt to decipher what’s really going on. Prepared to have your mind blown with these 8 incredible optical illusions that will trick your mind.
8: Checkered Shadow
In this checkered shadow illusion, there’s a checkered board with squares labeled as A and B, as well as a green cylinder sitting in the top right corner. At first glance, you probably think square A is darker than square B, right? Well, that’s simply not the case. When two vertical lines of the same shade of grey are drawn on the board, it becomes apparent that both squares A and B are actually the same color. Mind-boggling right?
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7: Moving Gears Optical Illusions
This looks like your typical stationary image, doesn’t it? But if you stare at the black dot in the center of the photo, the image actually appears to be moving. Bring your face closer to the computer monitor and then slowly back away. And now do it again back and forth and back and forth. Do you see moving gears? it’s pretty awesome, right?