My Brain Hurts

Courtesy of Truth, Lies, and Common Sense comes this optical illusion. Which square below, A or B, is a darker shade of gray?



Guess what? They’re the exact same color. See the proof. Or use the eyedropper in Photoshop or any other image-editing program that will give you values for the colors.

3 Responses to “My Brain Hurts”


  • It’s absolutely true. Just checked in colorpic and saved it to photoshop.

    A wonderful example of color (tints) and shape interacting with the human brain.

  • That’s just weird. And I just held a color strip against my forearm and Denzel Washington’s, and Bingo! We’re bros! We’re going out shamming tonight. He’s the man.

  • Leave it to me to argue, but it appears that the stripes themselves lend to the illusion.

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