There Are 16 Circles In This Image, And Most People Can’t Find Them Right Away
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Check out the pattern below. What do you see? A bunch of lines and boxes, right? Well, believe it or not, there are actually sixteen circles hiding in this eye trick. We know, it sounds crazy, but you’ll just have to trust us on this one.
It’s called the Coffer Illusion, and it was a finalist in the 2006 Best Optical Illusion Picture of the Year contest. It was created by Anthony Norcia, formerly of the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, and it’s called the Coffer Illusion image because Coffer is an architectural term used to refer to a series of sunken panels in various shapes.
This mind trick was recently uploaded by somebody called i124nk8, and it’s been astounding and bamboozling the internet ever since. Some people can see the circles, and some people can’t. Can you? Then let us know in the comments below!
Optical illusions work by using color, light, and patterns to create cool images that are designed to confuse the brain. They occur because our mind is trying to interpret what our eyes see, thereby creating a perception that doesn’t match the real image in front of us.
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To easy if you can't see it go slightly out of focus / cross-eyed !
Thanks, Andrew! Once you see them, it's obvious.
Thanks for the clue. Right, a magic eye.
Weird, for me it's the opposite. The wider I open my eyes the more clear, it took me a while... As long as Im focusing on one point.
Thanks Andrew, I'm usually good at these things, couldn't see them until I read your comment, then bam!
both worked for me too !
I agree that you have to go somewhat cross-eyed
This is awesome. :) Thanks for the hint!
I'm having trouble seeing the squares...
Best giggle of the Morning!
If you zoom the picture a bit that seems to make them very apparent.
I couldn't see it right away!!! But once you see it, you can't hide it from you again!!! Is something that you brain just lean?
Not only can I not see any circles, I don't believe there are any circles in the pattern.
I take it all back, I can see them now.
"I take it all back, I can see them now. " Loved it! Good for you!
I'm with ya , ONLY squares
I don't see them now matter what I do
Took time but saw them eventually. Was it done by design or by accident ?
Focus on a single point, any will work. The illusion will present itself in a few seconds.
This and opening my eyes wide helped also for some reason....I'm usually really bad at these.
It seemed to work for me Thx
Excellent suggestion! Mahalooooooooooooooooo!
HOLY JESUS I BLINKED AND IT WAS A DIFFERENT PICTURE IM LITERALLY QUESTIONING EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW
Me Too! What reset my mind in that blink? It was like the image turned "on".
Reminds me of those crazy Magic Eye things from the 90's.
I found them but my brain is boiling now
If I don't have to strain to see the circles, does that mean there's something wrong with me?
I don't either. It's so easy, it probably had something to do with the angle you glanced at it.
bottom row seems easier to see. See this, maybe it can help: 16_circles...1b_880.png
Thanks! I could not see them till your reply.
Sarah Shields what
Sarah Shields ?
Sarah Shields haha
Woah that's trippy af!
Now I can't UNsee them!
First I had to figure out where they had to be....4 x 4 to get 16.............. They then appeared like magic !
Your comment let me see the circles! Thanks
Look in between two of the squares to see the circles, and look in between two of the circles to see the squares. circle-opt...2cb501.jpg
Here are the rectangles: square-opt...1c6d9e.jpg
I saw it within a second.
I was trying to find 16 before I opened the whole picture lol oops
No problem seeing circle, rectagles, and lines.
I searched for them for a whilre, then a just rested for a second and then highered the brightness! Now I see them :D
I'm having trouble seeing the other rectangle stuff
I couldn't see them right away, but I tried changing focus and they appeared for me. I wonder if this would be a good device for training the muscles of the eye because it forces you to change focus to see it differently.
Yaass, between 2 squares !
Your comment helped me cuz I really thought there was no circles in this picture lol
I see NO CIRCLES AT ALL NOTHING WITH ROUND CORNERS
Took about a minute. I slowly crossed my eyes until 3 rows of 5 circles appeared. It was like they were sitting on top of the squares 3d like. Weird.
Sorry... 4 rows of 5.
I have to disagree with calling the result circles. While it looks three dimensional, they remain rectangular!
A circle, by definition, is round and is depicted by a curved line. however, in this image all the lines are straight suggesting there are no circular shapes.
Wow!
BS ... only squares.
Found them... actually pretty easy to see them.
YES!...at last!
Yep, they're all there. In the spaces between the squares. They kind of connect the squares together.
took me a min but I see them all.
Awesome...thought my mind was playing tricks! SAW THEM!
circles with square corners, yea I see 'em ..
I plainly see the circles that are between the rows but I also see the hint of circles between the columns. If you look at the outline of the bottom of a square and the top outline of the square below it, (or above), you will see the suggestion of a circle. It is like that between each square in each column in addition to the 16 that is between the rows. lol
This is a stereo picture 20 circles
Easy
I see them, but they are not really circles
Holy smokes that's us crazy :-)
Yes.. I saw them... just need to focus - it just pops up all of a sudden, so to say.
let me try again...
With a slight refocus of the eyes the Circles jumped right of the page. Reminds me of the abstract prints with wiggling lines and colors with an image hiding inside popular back in the 90's !!
Yes there are 16 circles in the pic. you just focus and concentrate between two squares for about 20 seconds.
so boring... I can easily switch between circle view and square view....
Yes, I saw them all right away
I found them! Its easy if you put the background out of focus
Found them by moving the picture in and out
I was just about to call you all crazy! Then by moving it away and close a couple of times they just popped out at me!
For me it was a now you see it, now you dont moment. They would pop out then go away. Weird.
Put your eyes in a trance. Like when you first wake up and you stare. You will see them
Got it. Very clever.
The 16 were easy. They popped right out. but when i shift my vision into a 3D mode, I am able to see 20. Several people have told me that I am crazy that there are not 20 circles visible in any way but in the 3D mode there are clearly 4 rows of 5 circles. Can anyone else see these? We may be a special tribe.
Took about 20 seconds and I relaxed my eyes and the circles (not my eyes) popped right out.
Took about 20 seconds, then I let my eyes relax and then the circles (not my eyes) popped right out.
When you see them, you can't unsee them unless you blink...
I saw them only after I relax myself, and trying not to focus so much
De-focus your eyes and see the circles
What is once seen, cannot be unseen ....
I can! Look between the squares and kinda unfocus your eyes ;D
Took me a little while but finally seen them. Went back and looked again and had to refocus because I didn't see them again even though I knew where they were.
I see the circles! Took me a few seconds but there they were, clear as day!
Took a minute but the circles suddenly popped out!
I had to squint to see them...
I see them when I open my eyes really wide.
Easy! I spotted them right away!
Not at the beggining, but after a while I could see them.
You're right! Once you see them you can't miss them!!
I finally found them all by staring at it for a long time, but I discovered that I can make ten circles immediately by putting the tips of my thumbs and fingers on the touch screen. I could get even more by adding toes, but can't quite make that at my age.
Took me a couple of minutes but I see them now!! Can't unsee them now!
Now I see them, but then I lost them
definitely!
i CAN SEE THE BOXES AS WELL AS THE CIRCLES
16 of them. Pretty cool!
Awesome! takes awile to train my eyes! I even saw stars....1000 of them!!!
i saw the circles!!!!! yay!
I saw them immediately.
This is vil when it snaps in ;)
ooh thats cool! if you are having trouble seeing them. look at the boxes then shift your eyes to the right but focus left.if that makes any sense. once you see them u will understand what i mean.
Once you see them you can't 'unsee' them
i love these! more please!
I SAW THEM!!I FEEL ACCOMPLISHED
There are no circles, there are circular shaped objects that can appear, but do not fit the definition of "circle" a round plane figure whose boundary (the circumference) consists of points equidistant from a fixed point (the center).
What gives? This a joke?
Got it!
Megvannak.
Wow I saw it 16 circles.
I can see both circle and square
I can se both circle and square
Found them right away
I'll be damned!
Cheeky, very cheeky. It's just a matter of joining two sides of different rectangles while the line in-between becomes the centre of the circles.
Yes, focusing on single point works, they are between squares
That was easy.
I saw them when I stopped trying to see them
Does this count though? Isn't this just an optical illusion and like "The Dress" debacle doesn't show anything?
Yes I saw them. Actually they are between the squares...if you look cross eyed then you will see them.
It's a bit obvious if it says 16 circles n there are 16 squares so it's a circle each square. I was able to see circles for a short moment
Yes...I saw them too
I saw them in a matter of seconds.
I see them....they're in between the squares!
I tried various zooms, distances from the screen, and unfocussing my eyes, with no luck, but suddenly when I was scrolling I saw a row of them, and then could see them all. It's funny how once you've seen it, you always do.
And now I can't NOT see them! This is the best of this sort of thing I've ever seen! Wheee!
Oh, wow! When somebody said "Look between the boxes," I did -- and there they were, all sixteen! A-mazing.
Saw them first and thought, why are they asking...isn't it obvious? hahahaha
Yes there sixteen circles formed between boxes
I was flummoxed at first, but then I looked through the 'distance' part of my glasses, and squinted. Totally obvious then.
Let's get someone make a Three-dimensional sculpture of it.
I can't even see them !!!
16
I see them! Four rows of four! Good optical illusion!
I have seen the circles
Where are they??
I see it clearly
Ja ik zie ze!!!
Got it... in about 6 seconds !!
Oh, how bizarre! It's like tripping out!!!
Yes ! I see them
How was this hard - BTw Bored panda is bored if they are posting this
I saw both straight away so it was quite funny when I showed my friends and they had some difficulty!!!
I found them but then couldn't get my eyes uncrossed. Lol
Hint: the circles are made out of the vertical lines. Stare are the darker gray thick bar between each "square" and relax a little.
I see circle only, where are these quares ????
You don't have to go "cross-eyed", just focus on the vertical lines and the circles are all you can see.
What's really cool is if you rotated the circles clockwise 90 degrees they actually become the line pattern. And the circles and squares no longer exist. .there are only lines.
Popped right out at me.
The circles are between the squares, and make up part of the sides of the squares.
The circles are between the squares and part of the sides of the squares.
No, there aren't.
I see them, and now I can't UNsee them ...lol!
I see them, and now I can't UNsee them ... lol!!
All the circles I see have sharp corners
This is driving me crazy....cannot see them...
Took me a couple minutes before my brain finally got it and showed me the circles! Cool!
Nope.
ohhhhh! I see the light! I see the circles!
I've found it
Shifts back n forth. What a mindfk!
Oh my God I first I couldn't see it at all so I left it and I came back and I saw them in mediately it's pretty bizarre
Took me three seconds. Super easy.
Once you see them, they can't be unseen!
I saw it in a few seconds...Thanks
I got it slightly wrong by not clicking on the article and counting the twelve in the thumb nail. I wondered why I was four short. I had to see the bigger picture, pun intended and used seriously
Didnt see them, then watched at sme circles around me in the house and then they were there.
Didnt see them, then watched at sme circles around me in the house and then they were there.
Wow.
yep I saw them... its like those optical illusion books that used to be around a few years ago..very cool
TRIPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG! Yes, when crossing eyes.
Saw them, too! Actually it's hard for me to see the squares!!!
yep got it .had to work out what there were sixteen of then they just popped right out
I can see. squares I don't see at all.
Circles are easy its the 4 cats that took me ages.
being blind at one eye does not help I think :P
Its the circles that jump out at me and then I have to work at seeing the squares and it continually flips back and forth... ;-)
Its the circles that first jump out at me... I have to work at seeing the squares! It flips back and forth ;-)
Damn it I saw the circles right away! I hope this is not one of those "whose psycho" text!
Stare at the image for a minute or so and close your eyes. In your mind's eyes you will see circles. Open your eyes and look at the image and you will see the circles. Once you see the circles, your mind can no longer hide them from you.
It took a moment but then wow yes 4 rows of 4 circles! Very clever !
This is lovely!
Found 'em.
I saw them all at first sight...
16 circus
16 circus
Seriously?! How can u not see them?
16
Nice trick, it snapped into vision when I looked away and focussed on something else.
It took awhile, this reminds me of those artworks where you would see a different picture when looking out of focus. circa 1980. I still like the challenge.
Yes I saw them to
Its not just 16 circles you will be able to see 20 circles too the image is both optical and 3d illusion!!
Unfocus your eyes and you can see 20.
Found it!! XD
All squares to me
That wasn't hard
20 circles
saw them within 5 seconds :)
I saw it within 5 sedonds
woooww.. where is.. waitt..okay i got it
found them.
I see 24
Took a while but yeah got them
There are no circles here. We are all dumber now for having tried.
Took a few seconds got them!!
The circles were the first thing I noticed!
I found them really quickly
Is this a joke? I can't NOT see the circles. Maybe if you're looking at this on your phone or something you'd see it different???
Keep your eyes on a set of vertical lines, the circle will shape around them. :)
I see them straight away.
...wow impressive!
I'm utterly useless with magic eye- never once got them. But yep, after a while I finally got there and once you see them, it's obvious!
Dudeee I was like whoah what the
I saw it right away :D
Nice pics... 4 circle per line... 3D imagine... put the imagine near the face, fix a point and slowly move it away from the face... et voila les jeux sont faites
Saw them!
I cant see them at all but I could never do magoc eye either
I saw them all right away. Pretty cool.
It took me about 30 seconds.
I absolutely saw it... Just think of the circles and look slightly to the right with your eyes they will appear
I absolutely saw! Just look to the left guys
Tokk me about a minute to spot them.
I couldn't see them, then all of a sudden one appeared out of the corner of my eye .Then, I could see all of them.More "round shapes" than circles.
Oh my gosh Andrew I see them now and can't stop seeing them. LOL I remember a book that my kids had when they were younger and you had to find characters on each page and you would hold the book a certain way and you would be able to see them .
Oh my gosh Andrew I can see now. Thank you for the tip, I remember when my kids were younger they had this book with pictures with pictures hidden it, like an illusion.
20 not 16 4 rows with 5 circles each
Took me a few minutes but I can see them now, focus on the spaces between the squares.
20 not 16 4 rows with each 5 circles
Just like magic eye.
found 20 circles.
Yeah saw them almost immediately.
Now that I've seen the circles, having trouble seeing the squares again.
my eyes........ MY EYEEESSS O____________________O
Saw almost immediately... but getting a headache...😉
For those having trouble, the circles are made up of all of the vertical lines.
hell yeaahh :)))
Are they kidding, that was too easy
Yes I can see them, but not straight away and it's easier if you don't focus
Very cool. Like they say, once seen they don't go away :o)
actually 20 ... 4 rows of 5
You're looking at the wrong "circles"
count properly. its 4*4
Got it. Little hard at first, but see them now.
Once you see them, you can't unsee them. Just have to let your eyes go lazy while you focus on one point. Then they will jump out at you.
They were the first things I saw....
Ok!! I lost my right eye but found them!! :-D
If you can't see them just tilt it a bit Hard if you are using a computer
well i found
I saw them straight away
I didn't see it at first...but now I do....
Once you see it... You can't unsee it...
i saw them :D
I had trouble seeing the circles at first--but once I did I see 20, not 16!
Duh! I had I my eyes so unfocused that I was getting extras! Now I see 16.
The very edge of the squares is what gives the outline for the circles. It's really cool when you finally see them! :) They pop out!
Found them straight away and didn't even need to blur or cross my eyes lol. Is that weird?
2 seconds :D
I now have a headache from hell, but I found them!
Found them in like 30 seconds
I've seen his before and never saw the circles ... This morning when I saw the picture the circles jumped out at me!
Very cool.
this is the only time you should not focus.
So smooth to see it!
I see them!!! I see them!!!! Took me a moment but I found them!!
Easy Peasy! Just stare at the dark lines separating the squares.... and the circles will POP OUT @ you! :-)
I was ready the text when i saw the circles. Straigt lines all over and some regular circles of perpandicular lines on it.
h (why not an edit button giant panda?)
huh?
Omg. Yes I do!
If you're looking for borderline circles you wont find them.
Focus on the vertical lines
Damn! I can't unsee them now! Ha ha!
saw them within 5 seconds :)
There are actually 18 circles.
Haha it's easy
16? There are 20 circles in thus picture.
My bag, there is 16
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Is it fun being miserable on the internet? What an unnecessary comment. Also, don't forget to delete you Facebook about, since you loathe it!
Account, also.
To easy if you can't see it go slightly out of focus / cross-eyed !
Thanks, Andrew! Once you see them, it's obvious.
Thanks for the clue. Right, a magic eye.
Weird, for me it's the opposite. The wider I open my eyes the more clear, it took me a while... As long as Im focusing on one point.
Thanks Andrew, I'm usually good at these things, couldn't see them until I read your comment, then bam!
both worked for me too !
I agree that you have to go somewhat cross-eyed
This is awesome. :) Thanks for the hint!
I'm having trouble seeing the squares...
Best giggle of the Morning!
If you zoom the picture a bit that seems to make them very apparent.
I couldn't see it right away!!! But once you see it, you can't hide it from you again!!! Is something that you brain just lean?
Not only can I not see any circles, I don't believe there are any circles in the pattern.
I take it all back, I can see them now.
"I take it all back, I can see them now. " Loved it! Good for you!
I'm with ya , ONLY squares
I don't see them now matter what I do
Took time but saw them eventually. Was it done by design or by accident ?
Focus on a single point, any will work. The illusion will present itself in a few seconds.
This and opening my eyes wide helped also for some reason....I'm usually really bad at these.
It seemed to work for me Thx
Excellent suggestion! Mahalooooooooooooooooo!
HOLY JESUS I BLINKED AND IT WAS A DIFFERENT PICTURE IM LITERALLY QUESTIONING EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW
Me Too! What reset my mind in that blink? It was like the image turned "on".
Reminds me of those crazy Magic Eye things from the 90's.
I found them but my brain is boiling now
If I don't have to strain to see the circles, does that mean there's something wrong with me?
I don't either. It's so easy, it probably had something to do with the angle you glanced at it.
bottom row seems easier to see. See this, maybe it can help: 16_circles...1b_880.png
Thanks! I could not see them till your reply.
Sarah Shields what
Sarah Shields ?
Sarah Shields haha
Woah that's trippy af!
Now I can't UNsee them!
First I had to figure out where they had to be....4 x 4 to get 16.............. They then appeared like magic !
Your comment let me see the circles! Thanks
Look in between two of the squares to see the circles, and look in between two of the circles to see the squares. circle-opt...2cb501.jpg
Here are the rectangles: square-opt...1c6d9e.jpg
I saw it within a second.
I was trying to find 16 before I opened the whole picture lol oops
No problem seeing circle, rectagles, and lines.
I searched for them for a whilre, then a just rested for a second and then highered the brightness! Now I see them :D
I'm having trouble seeing the other rectangle stuff
I couldn't see them right away, but I tried changing focus and they appeared for me. I wonder if this would be a good device for training the muscles of the eye because it forces you to change focus to see it differently.
Yaass, between 2 squares !
Your comment helped me cuz I really thought there was no circles in this picture lol