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Black And White Photo Shows How An Optical Illusion Can Trick Our Brain Into Coloring It

What do you see? This bizarre and apparently effective optical illusion is sweeping the internet because it turns an ordinary black and white photo into a color one.  I say apparently because somehow it doesn't quite work for me, I only...

What do you see? This bizarre and apparently effective optical illusion is sweeping the internet because it turns an ordinary black and white photo into a color one.  I say apparently...

This Artist Creates Amazing Optical Illusions Using Simple Lines

Katy Ann Gilmore is a Los Angles-based artist. She has a degree in mathematics so it’s not hard to see where she takes most of her inspiration from – her works are highly detailed, rhythmic and symmetrical, much like an elegant equation.

Katy Ann Gilmore is a Los Angles-based artist. She has a degree in mathematics so it’s not hard to see where she takes most of her inspiration from – her works are...

Woman Gives Up Teaching To Create Optical Illusions With Makeup, And It’s Messing With Our Minds (New Pics)

Bored Panda already wrote about this makeup artist (here and here), but she deserves all the attention because her optical-illusion makeup looks keep on blowing people's minds. Mimi Choi is a Vancouver-based professional makeup artist. She creates intricate, surreal makeup looks inspired...

Bored Panda already wrote about this makeup artist (here and here), but she deserves all the attention because her optical-illusion makeup looks keep on blowing people's minds. Mimi Choi is a Vancouver-based...

3D Drawings That I Create To Confuse People (Part 4)

I am a self-taught, 32 year old guy from Serbia. Actively engaged in drawing less than 5 years. They said that I always had a talent for drawing, but I didn’t have interest for this.

I am a self-taught, 32 year old guy from Serbia. Actively engaged in drawing less than 5 years. They said that I always had a talent for drawing, but I didn’t...

23 Amazing Coincidences That I Captured On The Streets Of New York

I moved to New York almost a decade ago (from Los Angeles, and Detroit before that, and Kansas City before that). By that point in my life -- after moving around so much -- I found the best way to get...

I moved to New York almost a decade ago (from Los Angeles, and Detroit before that, and Kansas City before that). By that point in my life -- after moving around...

There Are 16 Circles In This Image, And Most People Can’t Find Them Right Away

Check out the pattern below. What do you see? A bunch of lines and boxes, right? Well believe it or not, there's actually sixteen circles hiding in there somewhere.

Check out the pattern below. What do you see? A bunch of lines and boxes, right? Well believe it or not, there's actually sixteen circles hiding in there somewhere.

79 Incredible Pics That Will Make You Look Twice To Understand What You’re Seeing

Ever walked down the street and thought you saw one thing but looked twice and realized it was actually a completely different thing? You're not alone!

Ever walked down the street and thought you saw one thing but looked twice and realized it was actually a completely different thing? You're not alone!

What This Artist Does To Her Face Will Seriously Mess With Your Mind

Dain Yoon is a makeup artist unlike many others. Instead of creating illusions of longer eyelashes and plumper lips, she creates reality-defying illusions that can make your mind bend.

Dain Yoon is a makeup artist unlike many others. Instead of creating illusions of longer eyelashes and plumper lips, she creates reality-defying illusions that can make your mind bend.

3D Drawings That I Create To Confuse People (Part 3)

I am a self-taught, 31-year-old artist from Serbia. Actively engaged in drawing  for less than 4 years. I'm presenting you my latest 3D drawings from last two years.

I am a self-taught, 31-year-old artist from Serbia. Actively engaged in drawing  for less than 4 years. I'm presenting you my latest 3D drawings from last two years.

Optical Illusion Rooms By Peter Kogler Will Give You Vertigo

Peter Kogler, an internationally renowned Austrian artist who lives and works in Vienna, has hypnotized the world with his latest psychedelic installations at the ING Art Center in Brussels. Using paint and projections, he makes simple galleries, lobbies and transit centers...

Peter Kogler, an internationally renowned Austrian artist who lives and works in Vienna, has hypnotized the world with his latest psychedelic installations at the ING Art Center in Brussels. Using paint...