COLOR ILLUSIONS

ARCHITECTURAL
INTERIORS

ARCH. RICKY R. MOJICA, uap.

 COLOR
ILLUSIONS

Color Illusions are images

where surrounding colors trick
the human eye into incorrect
interpretation of color.
SAME COLOR ILLUSION
Also known as Adelson's checker shadow
illusion (published by Edward H. Adelson)
depicts something hard to believe. Square
marked B looks considerably lighter than square
A, due to the "shadow" being cast upon it.
However, color on both squares is precisely the
same shade of grey. If you don't believe, use
any eyedropper tool or print/cut the squares to
verify that both square A and square B are
precisely the same.
WHITE'S ILLUSION
All grey rectangles are of equal luminance,
although the ones in the dark stripes appear
brighter than the ones in the bright stripes. (by
M. White)
COLOR CUBE
Believe it or not, but the pieces A/B/C all
have the same color. Use any color picker,
graphic program or simply cover the
remainder with your hand to see for
yourself.
IDENTICAL COLORS
Surface color of both A and B parts is
identical. Just use a finger to cover the
place where both parts meet and you'll
see.
COLOR DOGS
Yellow Dog vs Blue Dog - both of them
have the same color.
CHESS SETS
The upper chess set is black and the
bottom set is black, right? Wrong. Both
sets have absolutely the same color, just
the background changed. (by Barton L.
Anderson and Jonathan Winawer)
RED VS GREEN
When you first look at this, how many
colors do you see? Some might say they
see 3 or even 4 colors, but there are 2 -
red and green! People usually think they
see 2 shades of red, but there is only 1.
Look closely and you will notice on one
side that white boxes surround the red
boxes, and on the other side, green boxes
do! Due to the placement of these boxes
you get the "illusion" of different colors.
Since white is not considered to be a color
(it is the presence of all colors in scientific
terms) we can safely say that there are 2
colors present here! Still don't
understand?
Thank you!