Incredible Optical Illusion – The Blue and Green Spiral are the Same Color

From Discover.com:

“This is why I tell people over and over again: you cannot trust what you see even with your own eyes. Your eyes are not cameras faithfully taking pictures of absolute truth of all that surrounds you. They have filters, and your brain has to interpret the jangled mess it gets fed. Colors are not what they appear, shapes are not what they appear, objects are not what they appear.”  See Article with Explanation

Ames Illusion Still Impressive

This compelling optical trickery is known as the Ames illusion.  As the odd-shaped window rotates, the bar occasionally, and magically, appears to pass right through the frame while the window seems to reverse its rotation.  Despite how it appears, the frame is always physically rotating in one direction, it’s your mind that gets confused by its shape.   (from switched.com)

Art student’s car vanishing act

Sara Watson, who is studying drawing at the University of Central Lancashire (Uclan), took three weeks to transform the car’s appearance.  She created the illusion in the car park outside her studio at Uclan’s Hanover Building in Preston.  The car is now being used for advertising by the local recycling firm that donated the vehicle.”    Full Story

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20 Artistic Architectural Optical Illusions

 ”Seeing is believing… or is it? Aided by high-tech materials, today’s artists and architects are finding that if it can be imagined, it can also be built. This selection of architectural optical illusions showcases 20 more very public ways to fool the eye, please the mind and satisfy the soul.

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Optical Illusions on Trucks

Some compelling visual illusions can be found on truck bodies.  See more here