In the wake of #TheDress, take a look at optical illusions in. But one of my favorite aspects of the phenomenon was the way in which it accomplished something art institutions, many of them filled ...

While violet hits your eye with a specific wavelength, purple only exists in your perception — a clever construct built from conflicting input.

Optical illusions are visuals that tend to be deceptive to the eye and brain. This is based on numerous factors including varying colors, patterns, lights, and more!

The art of color and design Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Object Details author ... Optical illusions of color -- The effect of a strong value contrast upon hue and chroma -- Irradiation -- ...

Optical illusion art on display at Cafesjian Art Trust Museum in Shoreview. An exhibition "Fooling the Eye: ... (Start)," 1990, a similar cube but with lines of color. ...

Changing a color’s appearance by changing the background or lighting is one of the most common techniques in optical illusions. As the examples below show, colors can change dramatically against ...

Color us confused. A head-scratching optical illusion challenges the perception of color and how the brain plays tricks on us. In an image created by the UK contact lens vendor Lenstore, a series ...

The color of the strawberries that most onlookers can see in the picture of the fruit tart — red — is not their true hue in reality. However, Kitaoka claimed there are no red pixels in the photo.