Question_Mark    
Oct 16, 2005
| This is a good one. I wonder how they done that. Keep the illusions coming.  |
Mr-matilda 
Oct 16, 2005
| They arn't they are different shades of gray like GREY and GRAy
like that they arn't the same! |
Janisha 
Oct 16, 2005
|  huh? |
sniperkid990
Oct 16, 2005
| good 1  |
Swordoffury1392
Oct 16, 2005
| they aren't the same? I dont get it! |
Swordoffury1392
Oct 16, 2005
| they aren't the same? I dont get it! |
Swordoffury1392
Oct 16, 2005
| Sorry, once again, my computer is messing up and writing the message more than once! |
shabz4lyf
Oct 17, 2005
| This is so funny |
brainster 
Oct 17, 2005
| Wow ! I took it to paintbrush and erased the rest of the image except A and B squares and they are ACTUALLY the same color ! Great illusion indeed ! |
chidam11
Oct 17, 2005
| Nice one but i have seen most of these illusions already  . |
phrebh
Oct 17, 2005
| I checked the colors in Paint Shop Pro, and their values aren't exactly the same, but they're close enough for government work (as my old boss used to say). |
Haylie1506
Oct 17, 2005
| Huh? They aren't the same. |
Zobeg
Oct 17, 2005
| Very clever. Still dont entirely get it but cool none the less. |
Kalliann
Oct 17, 2005
| I love these. |
Nytwynd
Oct 17, 2005
| Actually, they are the same shade. Try using a picture editor w/c gives you the exact shades/pixels (or whatever they call it, sorry I forgot  ) I saw this in an optical illusion site.  |
thumper690sbaby
Oct 17, 2005
| This one is just tooooo cool!! I loved it!! |
Therulerofthem
Oct 17, 2005
| They are the same, but you don't care enough to test that out. |
smilingpatience
Oct 17, 2005
| Wow! They actually are the same, I never would have thought it, they just look so different. |
sweetmama
Oct 18, 2005
| I love optical illusions but I just didn't get this one  |
solidgordy
Oct 19, 2005
| NO NO NO NO NO! They are NOT the same!!!!! I cut holes in a piece of paper, and while they were closer than at first glance, they were absolutely not the same! Now, maybe if you look with Paint Brush or whatever, but I think that maybe when it's all there on the screen the shades change because of what's around them, in reality! not in illusion. That might be why in Paint Shop they look the same when you erase everything else, ya know?    |
solidgordy
Oct 19, 2005
| They are STILL NOT the same, BUT! If you look at square B, then look at the black square down, right diagonal one, and down one, that square and square B are the same, so I think it must have something to do with the monitor and the brightness setting, etc. |
laya
Oct 19, 2005
| Are they the same or not boy am i confused |
Brainbuz
Oct 19, 2005
| They are the same shade of gray and you can test by opening the jpg in paint and erasing everything but the 2 squares. What makes this illusion work is that the A in square A is white and the B in square B is black and that adds to the effect with the shading of the cylinder. |
Brainbuz
Oct 19, 2005
| Solidgordy you are wrong. This illusion came out way before Paintbrush. If you had this picture and then cut out all the squares you would see they are the same, when you compare side by side with no other squares.
I love illusions that are so effective people will argue till their black and blue that they are not the same color, then when you show them proof they are stupified or amazed. |
chellol
Oct 19, 2005
| what? |
solidgordy
Oct 20, 2005
| I did cut out squares and look at them by themselves, just like you suggested. I did that at first. That's why I said they are not the same, because on my monitor, they are NOT the same, but, the same square down and right from B, down one diagonal square and one down, THAT one IS the same, when you look through the two holes. Im telling ya, I think it has something to do with the brightness or some other variation on each monitor, because Believe me, on MY MONITOR, they are NOT the same. |
Laffinoutloud
Oct 20, 2005
| ok I did it both ways and B square is lighter than A square.... |
suganue
Oct 20, 2005
| yes, they are the same. when you put the picture in paintbrush, even after you remove all the other pieces B seems lighter than A. BUT, if you select one of the squares and put it right next to the other one...they are the same color. I think the person above was right, the reason they look different when they are apart is because the A is white and the B is black but if you put the squares right next to each other the colors are the same. I still cant believe it....that is awesom. |
maximo3491
Oct 20, 2005
| wow thats amazing, they r the same color, its because of the color around A and B that they seem different.  |
solidgordy
Oct 21, 2005
| I think that's really interesting that the above said that if you look through two holes or erase the other squares, they still look different, but if you put them next to each other, they are the same. What I wonder is if on a computer monitor, if they are affected by the squares around them For REAL, not just to your eye. I can see what the illusion is about, and its great, because like I said, the square from B, down right diag. one, down straight one, that one does look exactly the same as B when you look through two holes, etc. |
Winner4600
Oct 21, 2005
| very cool |
Question_Mark
Oct 22, 2005
| I didn't believe it when I first saw it either. But I used the paint programme and OMG! they are the same. |
(user deleted)
Oct 22, 2005
| There not the same to me
But it is an optical ILLUSION so i guess they are  |
swtcutiepie22
Oct 22, 2005
| All it says are that the colors of squares a and b are the same. They are! I did the paint thing but they were different shades of gray. That didnt seems right so I reread it and the colors are the same. The letter "A" matches the shade of square b and the Letter "B" matches the shade of square a. so the "colors" are the same!!! |
chriswalsh
Oct 22, 2005
| They are two different shades of grey, they arent the same colour at all. |
BrownEyes
Oct 23, 2005
| Ooh I love this one!
I could see how they could be the same. |
pInapples
Oct 24, 2005
| wow! how'd they do that? and does the cylinder need to b green? good 1! |
redraptor50
Oct 25, 2005
| WOW. These are great and yes they are the same. To me at least, more please... |
metallicman
Oct 25, 2005
| They were close enough. I like this one, and the other ones like it. |
ats101
Oct 26, 2005
| I tried the holes in the paper and they still looked different. But then I did paintbrush and they are exactly the same color, not just close shades of grey, EXACTLY the same color. You know it's a good teaser when it creates such debate! |
nuccha
Oct 27, 2005
| Yeah... WOW... I tried the paint thing too... and they are EXACTLY the same shades of gray... amazing |
Celanba
Oct 28, 2005
| I don't get it |
choptlivva
Oct 28, 2005
| I really think it has a lot to do with the brightness and contrast on your monitor. When I cover everything else up, they are still light and dark. Aren't we comparing apples and oranges here because of difference in monitors? "Optical illusions" should be in how your EYES perceive something. |
choptlivva
Oct 28, 2005
| I really think it has a lot to do with the brightness and contrast on your monitor. When I cover everything else up, they are still light and dark. Aren't we comparing apples and oranges here because of difference in monitors? "Optical illusions" should be in how your EYES perceive something. |
choptlivva
Oct 28, 2005
| Ooops.... why did it do that? I only hit add ONCE!! |
pianofox
Oct 29, 2005
| Wow! At first I didn't believe it! |
DJNic
Oct 30, 2005
| huh? |
soccercow10
Oct 31, 2005
| i still dont get it  |
peppamintp
Nov 02, 2005
| Wow, the squares are the same color. Amazing. I am loving these optical illusions more and more. I noticed the most effective way to find out is to put the image in the paint and erase all but the A and B squares. |
runscapekiller
Nov 02, 2005
| well shadows do exst |
solidgordy
Nov 02, 2005
| I like this one because I always find new comments when I look. I was curious about someone's question, I sonder also if the cylinder has to be green for it to "work", even though I don't believe it works absolutely perfectly, but.... Does the cylinder have to be green? |
Barticus
Nov 03, 2005
| One of my favorite illusions. |
lil_devil
Nov 03, 2005
| these r so not the same colors! |
elu93
Nov 04, 2005
| I didn't see it. |
medster99
Nov 07, 2005
| of course they're the same colors, it would be silly to put up an optical illusion that didnt work |
passion
Nov 07, 2005
| omg they are!!! wow. i think it has something to do with the cylinder's shadow and stuff, it's pretty simple once you think about it. good one... i love it! |
ynattirb024
Nov 09, 2005
| i put the paper up there and they arent the same. i dunno. maybe it has to do with the fact that the illusion was on paper and all that originally. and computers mutate it or something.. |
sully311
Nov 09, 2005
| Yes they are the same. Using any photo editor simply cut out each square, then paste them next to each other. Seamless match. The actual letter A/B are different shades, adding to the illusion i, imagine? |
BrieCheese
Nov 10, 2005
| awsome |
morrigan
Nov 10, 2005
| They are the same colour. It's hard to see on a computer screen as the angle you see them from is slightly different for each square. |
BOOKLOVER1
Nov 10, 2005
| dont look the same 2 me |
Varrickmana
Nov 15, 2005
| They are definitly not the same. This is a realy stupid teaser i think you just downloaded. No offecnce. |
rkaaland
Nov 16, 2005
|
Well, I didn't see it, so will have to head to paint to believe it!! Wow what a discussion |
Rowsdower
Nov 16, 2005
| Definitely the best one so far, it being the hardest illusion to proove... |
HiPeepz
Nov 17, 2005
| That's cool!!! You have 2 cover up the A and B also to see they are the same color. It is the best one I have seen. |
violingirl77
Nov 19, 2005
| a looks so much darker. thats so cool tho! |
drussel3
Nov 21, 2005
| Cool... |
sueintexas
Nov 26, 2005
| I have looked at this one several times and using the hole in paper but did not work , tried the paint brush thing and there it was, they are the same amazing |
mrbrainyboy
Nov 29, 2005
| I've seen this one before... BUT STILL COOL! |
BraingleMaster2
Nov 30, 2005
| so the squares aren't the same color, but the shadow makes is look the same color.
I like the person who said, "They are definitly not the same. This is a realy stupid teaser i think you just downloaded. No offecnce." Who are you talking to. The people who made this website put it here and I don't think they care. |
GoHarryPotterCS
Dec 01, 2005
| I don't see the different colors.. any tips on how to look at it? |
donquixote235
Dec 02, 2005
| They're the same. I'd seen this optical illusion a while ago, and since I was working at a computer art place, I had access to Photoshop, so I opened the image and sampled the color from both squares. Both squares came out to color #6B6B6B - which means that out of 16,777,216 possible color combinations, they were identical. It still blows my mind when I see it though; according to the human eye, they're totally different. |
trumpetsgirl
Dec 06, 2005
| I went to my paintshop to test it cause they looked so different. I cut and eased around them and them dropped to coloers to equal sized boxes and it worked it was very creepy!!!! |
WyndRyder76
Dec 07, 2005
| Woah, this is odd. At first I saw it and I couldn't believe it. I checked with Paint, then I believed it and decided to try and recreate it with an illusion of my own. Right now though, I just look at the illusion... they don't look different anymore to me. :$ |
mommademon
Dec 09, 2005
| at first when i saw this i said no way they are different colors. Then i saw other saying to check it in paint I cut just a small square out of A and drug it over to B and zoomed in and they are exactly the same That is so cool |
Chickybabe
Dec 10, 2005
| yea i know...its soo cool..because at first I took a piece of paper and just cut out squares to mach the A and B squares but they still looked different so I read some of your comments and took it to paint and they really are the exact same color!!!! |
xxgymnastxx57
Dec 19, 2005
| i tried it. and it did NOT work... they are totally different shades! |
xxgymnastxx57
Dec 19, 2005
| just kidding
it worked |
qqqq
Dec 20, 2005
| I didn't get it either. |
sudokulvr
Dec 21, 2005
| at first, i wAS ALL Like thEse arE so diFfrEnT cOloRs, bUt thEn i LoOkEd On PaInT oR w/E aNd ThEy R tHe SaMe!!! |
Coolfreeze
Dec 25, 2005
| I used PhotoDraw to black out the rest of the picture and it worked! It turned out that (SPOILER WARNING) A and B appear to be slanted at different angles!!! Cool! |
(user deleted)
Dec 28, 2005
| Three of us did this and they are different colors. This was a waste of time. |
(user deleted)
Dec 28, 2005
| My bad. I erased and cut .They are the same color. Sorry. |
jlvsbeks
Jan 01, 2006
| huh
way too much thinking but also cool |
jlvsbeks
Jan 01, 2006
| i dont really get it
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azbee123
Jan 03, 2006
| I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT THIS MADE ANY SENSE!!! I CUT THE HOLES IN THE PAPER AND PUT IT TO MY SCREEN... AND WHAT DID I GET?
NOTHING! SOMEBODY MAKE ME LESS CONFUSED. THIS IS RETARDED. REALLY RETARDED.
PLEASE SOMEBODY WHO IS COMMENTING ON THIS BRAINGLE, TELL ME HOW YOU DID IT SO THAT YOU MADE IT WORK!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I WILL CHECK IN REGULARLY... AND ALSO... I DO THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE REALLY NICE IF I COULD SEE HOW IT WORKED! I HAVE TRIED MANY TIMES WITH MANY PEOPLE! TELL ME HOW IT WORKS! |
coleypoo
Jan 07, 2006
| liked it but i would have rated it higher if i didnt have to get up off my butt and grab a piece of paper and cut it and then put it on the screen just to prove the thing was really the same color ...lol but it was cool! uh they dont have a 'thumbs-up' smiley but..thumbs up! |
Warrior_Poet
Jan 12, 2006
| A very good one. Amazing how our eyes work sometimes. |
SPUTNIK2
Jan 14, 2006
| I just didn't see it, no matter what I did.. |
SPUTNIK2
Jan 14, 2006
| I just did the paper thingy, they were still different shades of gray, I wonder if my pc colours are off??? |
TJrzk
Jan 27, 2006
| OK, you got me to become a member just because, I, like you, was frustrated to the point where I just about to admit that I couldn't see that they were the same. The problem was that I had even a little of the screen uncovered that was not in the A or B square. To fix this I put my left index finger over the screen so it covered both the A and B letters (those will throw you off, too). Then I pressed the 3 long finger tips of my right hand into my left index finger and squeezed my right fingers together until I could only see 2 small triangles of the screen. With my right palm facing me, I was able to get triangles of various sizes and of each of the A and B squares until I was convinced they were the same color.
I suspect that the paper will not work if your intensity is set high enough that you can see ANY light through the paper. Also, monitors would only matter if they don't display the same color or intensity on different parts of the screen; maybe you have too many of those refrigerator magnets on the side ;). |
teen_wiz
Feb 03, 2006
| WOW. That's weird .Cool though. |
mitzimesser
Feb 06, 2006
| Am I the only one who couldn't find the letter B? |
Vigo95
Feb 16, 2006
| on my computer , they are absolutely NOT the same . as has been said they are closer , but not the same . |
swithie
Feb 26, 2006
| On my screen they are completely different, even when i get rid of the other squares. But, on my old computer I have seen this same illusion work. |
kci2994
Mar 05, 2006
| WoW! itS tHe cYLiNdArS fAuLt RiTe? ♥ |
(user deleted)
Mar 05, 2006
| I spent an half of an hour trying to figure this wierd, non-working optical illouson and it still did not work!!!  |
ALW007
Mar 07, 2006
| WOW! I cut holes in paper but that did nothing; they were still different. But then I copied the image into paint, cut out block B and moved it over A and they were the same. |
settra626
Mar 10, 2006
| there is no way they are the same!! NO WAY!! |
(user deleted)
Mar 11, 2006
| Actually, they are not EXACTLY the same color.
If you look at it in Photoshop and do a sample of each square with the "eye dropper" tool one shade of grey is #6B6B6B and the other is #6A6A6A (remember to change your MODE to RGB if it doesn't open up automatically in that mode).
They are close though....and without disecting it in Photoshop to the naked eye they look COMPLETELY different.
Still a COOL ILLUSION! |
soccerstar_1515
Mar 13, 2006
| i dont get it |
Bredd13
Mar 15, 2006
| Wow, this is a good one!
(Copy the image to paint and erase everything but the two squares if you don't get it.) |
florida_girl101
Mar 15, 2006
| OK so look buddy the stupid squares are NOT the same i did wat u said but did it work no it didnt |
king_leonard
Mar 17, 2006
| yeah they totally r the same if u tryd the paint thing and it didnt work maybe u just have a sucky computer lol
yeah this one was really awesome but i dont really get how they made it look lyk tat
|
riddlelover
Mar 17, 2006
| Aya...strange. |
madleon
Mar 22, 2006
| great illusion , I believe the shadow cast by the green object, is what fools your eyes, into thinking they are different. |
JessicaLynn
Mar 26, 2006
| Even after proving myself wrong many times, I still can't believe they are the same! This is a great one! |
brainjuice
Mar 29, 2006
| still dont get it.. i'm curious about it.. hope it is true that a is the same color as b. i've tried it but a still darker than b.. why?! i dunno |
Andylee964
Apr 03, 2006
| The squares are the same. I compared them in paint with nothing else but them. I used all the tools that I could, including the "eye-dropper" and then filling the other square, Looking up the number of the color, and everything else that I could do. THEY ARE THE EXACT SAME! I didn't believe it at first but I do now. |
steverbeaver3
Apr 09, 2006
| For all of you who still don't believe it:
First, step way far back from your screen. Now look. Are they the same yet?
Second, this is the creator of this illusion's website. Check it out for proof.
http://web.mit.edu /persci/people/adelson/ checkershadow_proof.html
(You'll have to remove the spaces in the url.) |
YnG18
Apr 12, 2006
| At first I was going to say that they were'nt but then i did the paper thing and saw they r... |
calmsavior
Apr 12, 2006
| an absolute classic. thanks |
Smart_Alex
Apr 18, 2006
| Best illusion I've seen so far! This this is, wow. Cool! |
tonjawithaj
Apr 28, 2006
| VERY COOL! I had to do the paint thing too tho! |
SandraB
Apr 29, 2006
| Very very cool. I also had to copy it to painbrush to test it out. WOW!! Sure caused a lot of discussion. Great illusion!
Jake, you sure have a monopoly on the illusions - no one else has any to submit?? |
irar1792
Apr 30, 2006
| i tried covering it with paper, but the colors were still slightly different |
pink2
May 03, 2006
| that is so neat.how is that possible! |
pink2
May 03, 2006
| im to lazy to go through that process |
amr4085
May 11, 2006
| they aren't the same on mine i will try that one suggestion by looking at the other ones down fromit but it didn't work for me |
kwelchans
May 17, 2006
| I checked it out visually AND on paint and they are the same. |
kwelchans
May 18, 2006
| I can't get my mind around it. Even after checking it visually, and verifying it with paint, I know that are the same, but I can't make myself SEE it. |
Jimbo
May 23, 2006
| I know what you mean kwelch. I dropped into painta and erased it and whoa! They are the same!! But I cannot see it when they are next to each other. |
(user deleted)
May 25, 2006
| its not xactly de same.
'B' is lighter.....ny1 can make dat out! |
bigSWAFF_69_
May 27, 2006
| Both squares are the same color. Those of you who deny this are just too lazy to put the picture in Microsoft Paint and check. |
EdoVision
Jun 05, 2006
| Sweeet ! i love it haha best way to test it if your to lazy to erase everything. Put it a picture viewing program and click the eye dropper tool that picks up the color of what you click do it on each box and draw a line youll c both lines come out exactly the same or itle just show when you click each box that the color hasn't changed... =) keep em commin |
sftbaltwty
Jun 10, 2006
| this is my favorite optical illusion of all time..I think I first saw it about 5 or 6 years ago... |
danielzerman
Jun 18, 2006
| i have seen it before and it is great!!!!!!!!! |
beautifulgurl
Jun 25, 2006
| yeah, at first i didnt see it but you have to make sure the coloring is right on your computer, and you have to be at a certain distance from the picture, im not sure how much i like this but it was pretty good! |
cyberstar5150
Jun 30, 2006
| This is awesome!!! |
gorillazgirl
Jul 01, 2006
| wow....... |
curious_george
Jul 04, 2006
| I have not tested it, but maybe if you print out the picture and then cut out the squares it'll work? |
jollylolly
Jul 11, 2006
| i looked 4 ever! i dont see that they are the same i even tryed the paper and hands! they still look different to me!! they are different shades in my eyes |
junebug22
Jul 24, 2006
| You got me on this one, but you did not get my hubby! Could this one also but put in the trick section? |
trinabean
Aug 06, 2006
| They don't look the same... they don't even look close! |
grungy49
Aug 26, 2006
| This is awesome! I must admit, I didn't believe they were until I went in to paint shop and erased everything but those two squares. It is really cool |
blondebookworm
Sep 08, 2006
| yeah, I did the paper thing, and they arn't even close to the same color. I think the original of this must have had slightly different shades. |
captainshortrox
Oct 18, 2006
| I knew they were the same straight away |
flamehead
Oct 19, 2006
| No they aren't, I even did the holes in the paper and it isn't the same!!!!! |
(user deleted)
Nov 07, 2006
| Ok, here is the deal. The image is a jpg therfore because of the image compression you will get slight color variations from one pixel to the next. Using a color picker that works of the screen I can see that the colors in both squares vary from rgb(106,106,106) to about rgb(108,108,10. However it does appear that the colors in both squares vary in the smae range and are probably equivalent. The only way to know for sure is if we have a bmp (bitmap) file which would be uncompressed and include the true intended color for every pixel. My vote is that they are likely the same. The little hole in paper trick wont be as convincing because the liar here are the eyes, not the monitor. |
rcb2049
Nov 18, 2006
| Their not to me!
I guess it's just me. |
(user deleted)
Nov 20, 2006
| http:// i96.photobucket.com/albums
/l185/andreasteuck/button.jpg |
senther7
Dec 05, 2006
| A few words....
THEY ARE SOOOO NOT THE SAME COLOR ON MINE (ok mabye the LETTERS are...) |
khedron
Dec 11, 2006
| To all of the people who are erasing everything but the two squares in paint and still seeing two different colors: erase the A and B and then look at it. The different colors of the letters can make the colors of the squares still apear to be different, but without the letters, the squares look identical. |
senther7
Dec 21, 2006
| NVM
they are....the same....
something of a miricle.....wow....
for the first time....i was proven wrong....... .......about a opticle llusion thing...wow...... |
tennisfreak4eva
Dec 28, 2006
| i seriously don't get it!!!!! how are they the same? |
tennisfreak4eva
Dec 28, 2006
| WOW!!! i got it now..... that is soooo coooool! |
I_Write_Books
Jan 03, 2007
| That is a wonderful illusion! The best I've seen yet....I also took it to paint and erased everything else but the two squares....Thanks for sharing! |
wandering_goat
Jan 05, 2007
| This is one of my favourite optical illusions ever.
To be technical, I believe that the fact that the colours are the same only apply when you view this image in a two dimensional plane (like on a monitor or piece of paper.) If you recreated this using objects in three dimensional space, then the colours could no longer be considered the same, because colour is relative in non-abstract, 3D space (in a similar way to how you can't say that an apple is EXACTLY this colour since it changes depending on the light source and your viewing angle, and there can be no definitive standard on what is the right way to view it.) As a 2D object, you can assume that the light source on it is equal all around, or close enough to make it count anyway. That's just my opinion though, I'm not sure if it's absolutely correct. |
Infinitoid
Jan 14, 2007
| if the piece of paper thing doesnt work, or your fingers, just copy the image into some photo editing software, and check the tint of both squares. they come out the same.
its somepretty tight stuff |
Trickster1992
Feb 02, 2007
| maybe it depends on how good your computer screen is, cause I tested it out and they arn't the same colour |
kistin14
Feb 13, 2007
| I took it to paint, an derased evrthing But they still looked diffferent! So I copied the color from A and marked out the letter A, then I copied the color from B and marked out the B. Then I simply filled between them with one of the colors, and they are practically the same! And people, if you say your monitor is off on colors, both would be off, because they are the same color. What you are saying is one doesn't look like the othre becasue the colors are off. Well, your monitor isn't picky. If it is off, then the whole picture would be off, and this teaser would still work! |
deadsnakebiting
Mar 13, 2007
| I saw it but I still can't believe it! WOW! |
asfidelino
Apr 01, 2007
| I can't believe my eyes! |
Newf
Apr 05, 2007
| I have seen most of these illusions already |
JonnieB
Apr 14, 2007
| weird |
born2write
Apr 27, 2007
| Way cool!!!!! |
lilrena4ever
Jun 01, 2007
| okay.... |
AK47x2
Jun 04, 2007
| Yes, they are the same. Go onto 'Same color illusion' on Wikipedia and you'll find proof. |
i_lov_jordan07
Jun 10, 2007
| i DONT GET IT |
Hadleigh
Jun 14, 2007
| I didn't believe it either. Copied it to paint and they are the same. Very clever |
zorra
Jun 17, 2007
| I think the teaser is saying that the color of letter "A" and letter "B" are the same. |
amsr
Jun 30, 2007
| thats a good guess but i think they're different to be honest. |
1smart_okie
Jul 18, 2007
| And how the heck do you find it?!?! |
OceanStar719
Jul 23, 2007
| I tried both cutting holes in paper, and using paint. Cutting holes in paper did not work at all. The two squares still looked very different. But I copied the illusion into paint and erased everything but the two squares. I still could see a difference. It wasn't until I erased the "A" and "B" in the boxes that I could see that they are, in fact, the same color. |
luckypuppy
Aug 15, 2007
| I did not move the image over into the paint program, but I did cover the rest of the board with paper and do not see the same colors... maybe it's my computer |
4demo
Aug 22, 2007
| It's not working for me...I guess I'll try it again. This is one optical illusion I've never seen before. |
Radioguy
Sep 16, 2007
| nice |
Shriya
Sep 26, 2007
| I copied it in MS paint and erased the rest of the image. I also used the pick color tool to match their shades. They're exactly the same!!!!!!!!!! 8-x |
kwelchans
Oct 04, 2007
| If you kind of let your eyes unfocus when you look at it, you can see it. At least I did |
luckylefty
Oct 26, 2007
| whoa! |
clearisacolour
Nov 02, 2007
| This is really cool, because box B is darker because of the shadow fot he cylinder, and box A is lighter because of the lighting set on the picture. turns out they're the same color... neat! |
rosy32888
Nov 11, 2007
| Super cool! I was in doubt, so I actually cut out the pix and compared the two squares! They're actually the same colors! |
LonLonLink
Nov 24, 2007
| They arent the same though... |
koalalove77
Dec 17, 2007
| it actually doesnt work: however, ive seen this illusion before and it worked there. maybe the pic got messed up on the transition to the website? idk, but it DOES NOT work on this site!!!!! =l |
ilovelamp
Dec 17, 2007
| OMG! how strange... |
SmokeysMom
Dec 18, 2007
| Those who say it does not work...
PRINT IT OUT, then cut out the two squares.
Then compare.
I didn't believe it at first, I was wholeheartedly against it being true, but it IS!
Print it out and cut out the two squares, YOU WILL SEE the difference! |
kittycat3000
Dec 24, 2007
| Wow. |
spiderpig
Jan 01, 2008
| What!!! they are not the same color they are similar but B is lighter than A!! |
(user deleted)
Jan 06, 2008
| the squares are the same color as each other but if you take more other squares and put them next to squares a & b. the other squares are a different color. but theyre close though |
lauren044--
Jan 24, 2008
| Cool illusion! I couldn't really tell the difference, but I believe everyone else! |
Nerdz
Feb 12, 2008
| I didnt get it at first. Thanks peeps for suggesting going to paint. I see it now, thats a cool illusion! |
AnimeAngel
Mar 16, 2008
| Im not saying its wrong, im just confused.?? |
pilotdude22
Mar 23, 2008
| i dont believe it its ACTUALLY true! just cope the image to paint, erase ev'rything BUT the 2 squares, and voila! ITS TRUE amazing! |
JZumun
Apr 04, 2008
| Even if they are different, it'd still work even if they were the same color.
"Does the cylinder have to be green?"
No, it's the shadow that counts. The illusion of the picture makes us think that the shadow makes everything darker, but because B is supposed to be the Shadowed up version of the Lighter square, we at first believe that it's lighter. |
ElainaNV
Apr 23, 2008
| Yes, the only way to really tell is to use Paint and erase everything else other than the boxes.
I was still skeptical even after erasing some boxes, but it wasn't until I erased EVERYTHING, that you can start to see they are the SAME.
If you're still unsure, erase the letters in the center of the boxes too...now what do you think? |
beatlesman12
May 10, 2008
| wot??????? they arent the same!!!!!!!!!! |
(user deleted)
May 21, 2008
| They are not TWO shades of grey, they are exactly the same, not the letters but the squares themselves.
Copy and paste it to paint bucket, and erase EVERYTHING but the two squares and I mean everything!!
Then you will see that they are the same!, it is crazy!! lol
I didn't think it would work, even when I had erased over 90% of it it still didn't look the same, you have to leave ONLY the two squares nothing else!. |
workbook
Aug 10, 2008
| I don't get it. It was confusing |
ICUB42
Sep 16, 2008
| ^ I agree. |
HawkGarcia
Oct 17, 2008
| It wan confusing but fun. |
HawkGarcia
Oct 17, 2008
| Oops, I mean was confusing. |
Elios
Oct 28, 2008
| This one's awesome! They really are the same shade of grey - it's amazing! I had to use the Paint method of erasing to prove it to myself, but it was worth it. Too cool! |
cwjakesteel
Nov 11, 2008
| i don't see it... |
here2
Dec 24, 2008
| this is a very nice one. wow! |
eggface
Dec 31, 2008
| I would never had guessed that the two squares would be the same. Cutting out paper made them look round the right shade, although I had my glasses on at the time (so I get headaches, bad focus, etc). Good illusion, although that is all it is. |
(user deleted)
Jan 15, 2009
| Here's the easiest way to do this:
1) Right-click the image
2) Save it to your hard drive
3) Open it in MS Paint
4) Click the select tool (the dotted-line rectangle)
5) Click and drag the tool to select an area that has part of the 'A' square in it.
6) Click Edit, then Copy
7) Click Edit, then Paste (the area you selected will appear in the top left corner of the picture).
Click on it and drag it to the 'B' square.
The colors really are the same.
What's even cooler is to drag the selected area back and forth from the 'A' square to the 'B' square. It almost seems to change color while you're dragging it. |
deviler55
Jan 20, 2009
| actually they arent the same. i went to paint and i erased everything but the squares. and it appears that b is actually lighter that. and for u to see that and u have to do this. first save the image and then go paint retrieve the image and erase everything except the two squares. afterwords u must go to image in the left corner near file. once u click image scroll down to invert colors and if u look close u will see that b is lighter than a. nice job trying though! |
(user deleted)
Feb 21, 2009
| It is very simple to see that these images are exactly the same. One is not lighter than the other one. In paint, just simply erase everything around both squares so that no other color is around the squares. Even take the time to Erase the A and the B, so that now you are left with 2 blobs of color. Copy and move one of the squares next to the other one. The SAME COLOR. You can even go as far as using the Dropper to pick up one of the squares colors and begin coloring over the other one. They will blend seamlessly. As long as you get rid of all the other colors, including the A and the B letters, it makes it much simpler. By leaving the letters in the center, the B square will look lighter, this is part of the illusion to make it seem lighter to begin with. THEY ARE THE SAME, EXACTLY!!! |
javaguru
Mar 21, 2009
| This is definitely the coolest illusion on the site!
I can almost always see past the illusion to the reality without props. This one I had to cover all the other parts of the picture, plus the surrounding white before i could see they were the same. Even then, the light/dark lettering made it difficult to hold the image so that the colors looked the same. Absolutely great illusion! |
insomnia
Mar 27, 2009
| Wow, they are the same! I tried it in paint, and then it works, but you really won't see it by covering up the picture on this site.
Any way an image of just the 2 blocks could be added to the answer? |
ap2di
Jun 18, 2009
| After getting po'd at this illuision, I finally seen that they are the same color!!!! you have to have the green cylindar covered up completly. that's what worked for me anyways. |
BlackCamaro
Jun 29, 2009
| geez people still discuss wether they're the same or not? i printed this image once and cut the squares and compared, i even showed to a lot of people... they are duh same |
kahochan13
Oct 21, 2009
| HOW!!!
at first, i thought, "hey
theyre totally diff!"
but i erased the rest at paint,
leaving A and B and OMG!
They are the same! |
precious1026
Nov 04, 2009
| A & B r the same, but the squares are not. Not to me... |
beyonce123
May 11, 2010
| how do i do paintbrush? |
Candyhook
Nov 19, 2010
| thats awesome! |
cookies466
Nov 27, 2010
| i don't get why that is, but it is!!!! |
gtr053
Jan 07, 2011
| I could not believe this one bit. I took this into Photoshop to analyze the colors. They are indeed the same. However, to the few of you who are saying it's not exact but close enough, it is because of the way that JPEGs are compressed. They will sacrifice quality in presence of low file sizes. They will "round" extremely close colors to be identical so that instead of saving "this exact color, this exact color, this exact color, this exact color, this exact color", it can just save "this exact color five times" if that makes any sense. In simple terms which is shorter? 4.9 + 5.1 + 4.95 + 4.9 + 5.05 or 5 x 5? If you want to analyze the colors with a professional grade image editor, you need to take this into consideration and zoom in so that you can tell what the original color was (the big glob of identical color). |
BookwormAnG
Jun 03, 2011
| missed it |
twb123
Feb 26, 2012
| Didn't work. |
raahil
Apr 20, 2012
| I don't get it |
