With the holidays approaching, you may find yourself looking for a unique gift idea. You might want to give The Art of Optical Illusions: Deceptions to Challenge the Eye and the Mind a try. The Art of the Optical Illusions, a 224-page hardcover authored by Brad Honeycutt and Terry Stickels, looks at the several forms […]
Today is the official release date for a new 224-page hardcover volume of optical illusion art titled The Art of Deception: Illusions to Challenge the Eye and the Mind. This book, from Brad Honeycutt, features a foreword by John Langdon and an epilogue by Scott Kim. It is a companion volume to The Art of […]
If you are a fan of optical illusions and you like physical calendars for your desk, make sure to check out Ultimate Optical Illusions: Visual Tricks to Challenge the Eye and Mind, a new 2015 Day-to-Day calendar. This full-color calendar published by Andrews McMeel Publishing has a new illusion for each day of the week […]
Do the two ends of the green line passing behind the gate appear offset or aligned? The two ends of the line are completely aligned, although they appear to be offset. If you don’t believe it, use something straight, like a ruler or sheet of paper, to confirm. German physicist Johann Christian Poggendorff discovered this […]
Exceptional Eye Tricks, by Brad Honeycutt, is a collection of optical illusions designed to amaze, confuse, and fool the viewer. This book contains a variety of illusion types including composite images, trompe l’oeil, tricks of perspective, and the physically impossible. The cover of the book features a motion illusion from Fiestoforo that appears to spin […]
Within the larger gray and blue squares are two smaller squares. The small square on the left appears to be a blue or violet color while the small square on the right appears to be gray. They are, in fact, the same color. Do they look the same to you?
The two images below present one two-headed arrow that looks to be orange in color and another that appears to be red. In reality, the two are exactly the same color (red). The only difference between the two is the color of the border that surrounds the red squares. The light yellow border used in […]
