What color is this dot? New illusion demonstrates weird vision quirk

An optical illusion with nine simple dots reveals a surprising amount about the eye and brain

Scientific American

Believe me, *nothing* in this picture is moving.

#OpticalIllusion

A Sense of Doubt blog post-4047 - This Optical Illusion will Mess With Your Mind. https://sensedoubt.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-sense-of-doubt-blog-post-4047-this.html #opticalIllusion #science

It has been a while since I added anything to my interactive #OpticalIllusion collection. But I want to get back to doing more regular #CreativeCoding exercises, and this one seemed like a good quick project for this #MonochromeMonday.
https://openprocessing.org/sketch/1941150

I found inspiration from this webpage of various anomalous motion illusions:
https://www.psy.ritsumei.ac.jp/akitaoka/motion20e.html
There are lots of cool ones there, though prolonged observation may induce dizziness or motion sickness.

What do you see? Comment below.

#humor #humour #illusion #opticalillusion #context

sewing new pillowcases for my couch
fabric: swedish holiday licorice by fableism

#sewing #sew #sewingproject #diy #diyfashion #diypatterns #graphic #stripes #opticalillusion

Interesting alternative way to help identify @autistics is with measuring pupils movement in an optical illusion. https://www.iflscience.com/a-simple-optical-illusion-could-help-identify-those-with-autistic-traits-46660 #autism #opticalillusion
Mistodon: this #ASCIIart #PenroseTriangle #opticalillusion challenging Euclidean geometry was drawn by Pixeldud and included in the MIST0222 artpack collection released four years ago this month.
Mistigram: this #ASCIIart #PenroseTriangle #opticalillusion challenging Euclidean geometry was drawn by @[email protected] and included in the MIST0222 artpack collection released four years ago this month.

Python Draws Infinite Concentric Boxes

Iterative logic generates art nested loops create structured patterns through systematic repetition Run it yourself

#python #pythontricks #codingtips #programmingtutorial #concentricboxes #gridpatterns #nestedsquares #opticalillusion #viralpython #pythonshorts #terminaltunnel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ncfc9SAfyY

Python Draws Infinite Concentric Boxes #concentricboxes

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