A MIND-BOGGLING optical illusion has been throwing people for a loop on social media.
Many optical illusions work by using colors and shapes to confuse the human brain.
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TikTok user @Digitialillusionist recently illustrated this in a new 14-second reel.
In the video, the content creator – named Keelan Leyser – displayed a visual that featured vertical lines and three overlapping circles.
At first glance, the circles appeared violet, cyan, and yellow.
“Take a look at these three circles, if this circle appears yellow to you then you are seeing an optical illusion,” Keelan said.
He then clarified that statement, telling his viewers that the yellow circle is actually just black and white.
“Take a screenshot and zoom in if you don’t believe me,” he advised his followers.
The optical illusion has since left dozens of TikTok users in awe.
“It actually is [black and white],” one user wrote in the comments section.
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“I zoomed in, it’s actually black and white,” a second person echoed.
“Wow wow,” a third user simply remarked.
How does this work?
This optical illusion works by utilizing the colors around the black and white circle.
Basically, the black and white shades are distorted by the different-colored lines intersecting them.
In this case, because the outer stripes in the background are blue, the brain is tricked into thinking the inner stripes of the circle must be yellow rather than white.
The image is an example of a Munker’s illusion or a Munker-White’s illusion.
“This illusion shows how much the perception of color is influenced by the neighborhood. The keyword here is assimilation,” Danish professor Michael Bach explained on his webpage.
