Disappearing Optical Illusion - The Troxler Effect

sparky@home · 16th April 2018, 15:36

Your brain is a magician. And now, for its next trick, it will make a field of pastel colors disappear before your very eyes!
Take a look at the image below. Pick a spot in the center of the picture, and stare only at that spot for about 20 seconds. Try to let your eyes relax there, without letting them stray to any other corner of the image. Ready? Set? Stare…

You should notice something peculiar happen: As you gaze at a single spot, all the colors around it slowly fade to white. Think too hard and everything comes whooshing back again. But where did everything go?

This is not a GIF in disguise. This is your brain on an optical illusion called the Troxler Effect, or Troxler fading, and it reveals how your mind's natural affinity for efficiency can sometimes lead you astray.

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GTO · 17th April 2018, 10:16

Thread moved to the Shifting Gears Section. Thanks for sharing!

V.Narayan · 17th April 2018, 10:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by sparky@home

Your brain is a magician. And now, for its next trick, it will make a field of pastel colors disappear before your very eyes!

Tried it several times. colours didn't go away. Wife says it proves what she suspected all along i.e. that I don't have a brain.

arindambasu13 · 17th April 2018, 10:51

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Originally Posted by V.Narayan

Tried it several times. colours didn't go away.

Similar result here

Usually, these optical illusion thingies do work pretty well, but for some reason, this one refused to!

CrAzY dRiVeR · 17th April 2018, 10:53

Stare at the mobile screen for too long - and eyesight will soon start to fade anyways.

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Originally Posted by V.Narayan

Tried it several times. colours didn't go away. Wife says it proves what she suspected all along i.e. that I don't have a brain.

Works for me. Big relief knowing my brain is 'too smart for its own good'.

V.Narayan · 17th April 2018, 10:58

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Originally Posted by CrAzY dRiVeR

Stare at the mobile screen for too long - and eyesight will soon start to fade anyways.

Works for me. Big relief knowing my brain is 'too smart for its own good'.

CrazyDriver, I always knew you were smarter than me.

VKumar · 17th April 2018, 12:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by V.Narayan

Tried it several times. colours didn't go away. Wife says it proves what she suspected all along i.e. that I don't have a brain.

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrAzY dRiVeR

Works for me.

For me it's peculiar; even the point I was focusing on, it also got faded after its surroundings did!

My brain is probably more tricky then!!

abhi7013 · 17th April 2018, 12:15

Just as Neil DeGrasse Tyson says: optical illusions should actually be renamed as brain failures. Cause that is what they actually are! Shows how limited our 5 senses are, so much so that we could create objects to fool ourselves. Imagine the extent of things there could be fooling us right now while we are comfortably ignorant of them as they are above and beyond our perception/imagination!
Scary thought but fun to contemplate!

navpreet318 · 17th April 2018, 12:18

Works great. My mind that is.

Another point to ponder can also be the order in which the colours fade. Now there should also be a study of the order of the colours disappearing.
Like if Yellow is the last remaining colour to fade then you'll be gifted a Yellow Ferrari this year!! :P

libranof1987 · 17th April 2018, 12:26

Holy moly. Started at it and in about 5sec or so, it "seemed" all white.

Interesting thing though, that it appeared as original after I blinked.

aaggoswami · 17th April 2018, 12:28

Initial few attempts, colors were as it is.
After that colors faded. But never went away.
In last attempt, the colors appeared getting weird and suddenly brighter after fading.

Wonder what my brain is upto !

roy_libran · 17th April 2018, 14:21

Works for me too. The first attempt at taking this test took about 10-15 seconds, before everything went white. Then I blinked, and again the colours reappeared, but this time they faded away again within 5 seconds, and this repeated.

samaspire · 18th April 2018, 09:39

I tried and it worked the first time in about 10 secs. The 2nd time it did not seem to be working. But then after about a minute it started to blur and then the screen went black (not white) !!

Realised that my phone screen had timed out

SmartCat · 18th April 2018, 10:17

I'm scared of staring at something on the screen. In most Whatsapp forwards with stare tasks, a ghost comes screaming at you after 10 seconds.

comfortablynumb · 18th April 2018, 11:14

Took me not more than 5 seconds before the white out occurred.

Quote:

Originally Posted by V.Narayan

Tried it several times. colours didn't go away. Wife says it proves what she suspected all along i.e. that I don't have a brain.

Sir, the recommended answer to that is "Well, I married you, didn't I?!!".

Please try it and let us know how it goes

Cheers,
Vikram

16th April 2018, 15:36	#1
sparky@home BHPian Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: KL08/KL46 Posts: 434 Thanked: 1,697 Times	Disappearing Optical Illusion - The Troxler Effect Your brain is a magician. And now, for its next trick, it will make a field of pastel colors disappear before your very eyes! Take a look at the image below. Pick a spot in the center of the picture, and stare only at that spot for about 20 seconds. Try to let your eyes relax there, without letting them stray to any other corner of the image. Ready? Set? Stare… You should notice something peculiar happen: As you gaze at a single spot, all the colors around it slowly fade to white. Think too hard and everything comes whooshing back again. But where did everything go? This is not a GIF in disguise. This is your brain on an optical illusion called the Troxler Effect, or Troxler fading, and it reveals how your mind's natural affinity for efficiency can sometimes lead you astray. Source : https://www.livescience.com/62274-di...ource=facebook Mods : I did not find any thread for this, kindly repost as necessary, or else delete if needed. Last edited by Rehaan : 19th April 2018 at 11:14. Reason: Re-adding image. There was something wrong.
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GTO Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 71,815 Thanked: 321,336 Times View My Garage	Re: Disappearing Optical Illusion - The Troxler Effect Thread moved to the Shifting Gears Section. Thanks for sharing!
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17th April 2018, 12:15	#8
abhi7013 BHPian Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Bangalore Posts: 801 Thanked: 1,788 Times	Just as Neil DeGrasse Tyson says: optical illusions should actually be renamed as brain failures. Cause that is what they actually are! Shows how limited our 5 senses are, so much so that we could create objects to fool ourselves. Imagine the extent of things there could be fooling us right now while we are comfortably ignorant of them as they are above and beyond our perception/imagination! Scary thought but fun to contemplate!
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17th April 2018, 12:18	#9
navpreet318 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Dehradun Posts: 2,292 Thanked: 3,228 Times	Re: Disappearing Optical Illusion - The Troxler Effect Works great. My mind that is. Another point to ponder can also be the order in which the colours fade. Now there should also be a study of the order of the colours disappearing. Like if Yellow is the last remaining colour to fade then you'll be gifted a Yellow Ferrari this year!! :P
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17th April 2018, 12:26	#10
libranof1987 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: All over! Posts: 8,176 Thanked: 20,584 Times	Re: Disappearing Optical Illusion - The Troxler Effect Holy moly. Started at it and in about 5sec or so, it "seemed" all white. Interesting thing though, that it appeared as original after I blinked.
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17th April 2018, 12:28	#11
aaggoswami Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Vadodara Posts: 4,997 Thanked: 3,000 Times	Re: Disappearing Optical Illusion - The Troxler Effect Initial few attempts, colors were as it is. After that colors faded. But never went away. In last attempt, the colors appeared getting weird and suddenly brighter after fading. Wonder what my brain is upto !
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17th April 2018, 14:21	#12
roy_libran Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: DNCR Posts: 1,695 Thanked: 3,641 Times View My Garage	Re: Disappearing Optical Illusion - The Troxler Effect Works for me too. The first attempt at taking this test took about 10-15 seconds, before everything went white. Then I blinked, and again the colours reappeared, but this time they faded away again within 5 seconds, and this repeated.
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18th April 2018, 09:39	#13
samaspire Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Manipal / Udupi Posts: 1,661 Thanked: 5,428 Times	Re: Disappearing Optical Illusion - The Troxler Effect I tried and it worked the first time in about 10 secs. The 2nd time it did not seem to be working. But then after about a minute it started to blur and then the screen went black (not white) !! Realised that my phone screen had timed out
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18th April 2018, 10:17	#14
SmartCat Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 7,190 Thanked: 51,775 Times View My Garage	Re: Disappearing Optical Illusion - The Troxler Effect I'm scared of staring at something on the screen. In most Whatsapp forwards with stare tasks, a ghost comes screaming at you after 10 seconds.
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