March 20, 2006
THIS ONE JUST MAKES MY BRAIN EXPLODE
Found this at American Digest
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Square A and Square B are the same color.
I saw the animated video which proves it. It didn't convince me.
I read the explanation. It didn't convince me.
I downloaded the pic, opened it up in MS Paint, cut out a chunk of square B and slid it up to square A...
After about 5 minutes of sliding that little section back & forth, I was finally convinced.
Try it yourself.
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Similar to "What color is a red box in a dark room". It's black, or colorless, because color is based on the reflection of light. Bizarre, colors and the reflection of light, or lack of it...and shadows...those damn shadows.
"don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see"
It fooled me. Even after your testimony, I had to put it in photoshop and compare the color attributes.
I noticed it right after you pointed it out.
Of course, I used to do a lot of painting miniatures, so, using tricks of shading and light aren't unusual to me.
I didn't do any computer tricks. I just stared at the square in the shadow. Stare at it long enough and the shadow becomes more pronounced and, I'll be damned, they are the same color.
Of course, now I can't focus my farookin' eyes.
I argued with a guy about that for what seemed like forever. Even when I saw the evidence, I accused him of trickery! Yes, trickery!
Who are you gonna believe, me or your lyin eyes?
Fairly straightforward. Looking at the two shadows on the "dark" square (right of the B square) and you can see how much effect the shadow has on the colour there. The same effect is therefore applied to square B. All those years of DPaint and Photoshop counted for something then :/
I completely thought it was crap until I put it in Paint, too. Well, I'll be damned.
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