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20 Mind-Bending Optical Illusions That Will Make You Question Whether Your Mind Is Playing Tricks On You
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20 Mind-Bending Optical Illusions That Will Make You Question Whether Your Mind Is Playing Tricks On You

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Have you ever looked at something, only to realize it was something completely different?

That’s the power of optical illusions: they trick our brain using color, light, and patterns.😵‍💫 🤯

We’ve gathered 20 optical illusions to test your ability to see what is really there, even when your brain tries to deceive you.

Look closely, move nearer, step back, and view each illusion from every angle.

Let’s see if you can see past at least 15/20 of these illusions! 😬 ✅

If you missed Part 1, click here.

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    Dawn Eyestone
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What the heck does "stays still" mean in number 11? That made no sense.

    Nikole
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, that was a terrible description

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    Falafal salad
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How is the cowboys chin a ‘2’?

    Julie S
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought the same thing.

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    Julie S
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    17/20 my head hurts now and my eyes have gone funny.😵‍💫

    Robert T
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    13 doesn't really give enough information to imply that the shape must be self supporting which is what seems to be meant by "stacked" - the answer needs to be "at least 9" as there could be more cubes we can't see, but there need to 3 extra cubes to the 6 we can see to support that shape.

    Markus Weiler
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even after zooming 17. is a smiling person

    Rick Murray
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "the appearance of white circles even though no actual circles are drawn" if it looks like a white circle, it's a white circle. What, d'you need a line around it? What are you, eight? And the numbers one is a big pile of steaming bull, four isn't written like that and 2 certainly isn't either. A third of this was annoying trickery, a third was "yeah these things are the same", the final third was mildly interesting.

    ZombieMommy
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wording makes a different. There are white circles, you were looking for "drawn" white circles.

    iBlank
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    6 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it's disappointing that many of these questions were not formed properly to be accurate. The answer they were going for was always the "correct" answer. Enjoyed it anyway though.

    Auntriarch
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Prawn? I've never seen a prawn like that

    Boo Vaher
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The elephant has one leg, the rest are random lines going nowhere or leg shapes drawn into the wrong areas.

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    Dawn Eyestone
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What the heck does "stays still" mean in number 11? That made no sense.

    Nikole
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, that was a terrible description

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    Falafal salad
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How is the cowboys chin a ‘2’?

    Julie S
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought the same thing.

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    Julie S
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    17/20 my head hurts now and my eyes have gone funny.😵‍💫

    Robert T
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    13 doesn't really give enough information to imply that the shape must be self supporting which is what seems to be meant by "stacked" - the answer needs to be "at least 9" as there could be more cubes we can't see, but there need to 3 extra cubes to the 6 we can see to support that shape.

    Markus Weiler
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even after zooming 17. is a smiling person

    Rick Murray
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "the appearance of white circles even though no actual circles are drawn" if it looks like a white circle, it's a white circle. What, d'you need a line around it? What are you, eight? And the numbers one is a big pile of steaming bull, four isn't written like that and 2 certainly isn't either. A third of this was annoying trickery, a third was "yeah these things are the same", the final third was mildly interesting.

    ZombieMommy
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wording makes a different. There are white circles, you were looking for "drawn" white circles.

    iBlank
    Community Member
    6 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it's disappointing that many of these questions were not formed properly to be accurate. The answer they were going for was always the "correct" answer. Enjoyed it anyway though.

    Auntriarch
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Prawn? I've never seen a prawn like that

    Boo Vaher
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The elephant has one leg, the rest are random lines going nowhere or leg shapes drawn into the wrong areas.

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