This image recently showed up on Reddit and gained a lot of attention (and comments).  If you stare at the center of the picture of blurry colors below, the colors will slowly start to fade away and seem to disappear.  If you break the stare, the colors will again reappear. This visual phenomenon is very […]

In 1804, an interesting effect, known as the Troxler Effect or Troxler’s Fading, was discovered by Ignaz Troxler.  He noticed that something strange would happen if you fixated your eyes on one particular point (see the red dot below) for about 15-30 seconds.   When doing so, images in your peripheral vision (the blurry blue […]