Hey #OpticalIllusion experts - what is this illusion called that I just stumbled across while analysing something in Excel? Does everyone see it?
The illusion I’m seeing is that the perfectly rectangular blue data bars look trapezoidal. They appear to be narrower at the left edge than at the right edge.
The effect is strongest for edges that are in the middle. It is much, much less prominent on the bottom edge of the bottom-most one in each case. The top edge, which abuts a plain grey area above, is somewhere in between in strength for me.
(The effect is stronger when the image is not zoomed too big?)