Started by Jade Fontaine (@jade_f) ·
squares A and B are the same color and my brain refuses to accept it
Covered everything except the two squares with my hands: same grey. Took my hands away: different again. Knowing doesn't help at all. The dress was the same process, except people's brains assumed different lighting.
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How I got here
- Started with
- “checker shadow illusion explained”
- Ended at
- The dress
The Trail
- “checker shadow illusion explained” (google.com)
- Checker shadow illusion (en.wikipedia.org)
- Edward Adelson (en.wikipedia.org)
- Color constancy (en.wikipedia.org)
your visual system estimates surfaces, not light. it discounts the shadow for you
- The dress (en.wikipedia.org)
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