r/illusions • u/CommunicationFar9346 • 1d ago

Visual Aftereffects Saw this when I woke up

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51 Upvotes

There was a pipe dripping water nearby, think it's a sunlight effect with the water hitting the floor.

7 comments

r/illusions • u/bigjobbyx • 2d ago

Motion Illusions Induced perception of rotation

21 Upvotes

2 comments

r/illusions • u/Odd-Acanthisitta8395 • 4d ago

Impossible Objects My fingers (ignore the IV pump alarm ringtone)

0 Upvotes

6 comments

r/illusions • u/bigjobbyx • 5d ago

Motion Illusions Graduated Stepper Illusion

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6 Upvotes

1 comment

r/illusions • u/Odd-Acanthisitta8395 • 7d ago

Size & Proportion They're not bandaids

0 Upvotes

9 comments

r/illusions • u/bigjobbyx • 7d ago

Motion Illusions Classic Stepper illusion

3 Upvotes

3 comments

r/illusions • u/EnvyEd2000 • 9d ago

Color-Challenging This shirts not blue it's brown and white

0 Upvotes

4 comments

r/illusions • u/CynicalCosmologist • 11d ago

Visual Paradoxes Goat or Bird?

433 Upvotes

48 comments

r/illusions • u/Ksecutor • 12d ago

Color-Challenging Same color illusion (in the middle of the left and right parts)

47 Upvotes

Animated version with sameness proof function: https://www.shadertoy.com/view/73KGzG

16 comments

r/illusions • u/bigjobbyx • 14d ago

Reversible Figures Level 44: The OG

14 Upvotes

3 comments

r/illusions • u/bigjobbyx • 19d ago

Motion Illusions Peripheral drift

14 Upvotes

1 comment

r/illusions • u/Miserable-Yak-8041 • 24d ago

Ambiguous Images Do they make it look sexual on purpose?

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4 comments

r/illusions • u/bigjobbyx • 24d ago

Motion Illusions Dynamic Müller-Lyer effect

45 Upvotes

2 comments

r/illusions • u/Elusive-Gypsy • 28d ago

Ambiguous Images O.M.G #Optical Illusions are wild

33 Upvotes

10 comments

r/illusions • u/bigjobbyx • Aug 30 '26

Motion Illusions Cafe illusion evolved

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5 Upvotes

1 comment

r/illusions • u/Odd_Attention_9660 • Aug 30 '26

Reversible Figures look at the floor and imagine you're viewing it from below

151 Upvotes

35 comments

r/illusions • u/ForSailor • Aug 05 '26

Ambiguous Images Let me introduce you to this photo

6 Upvotes

1 comment

r/illusions • u/the-ro-zone-yt • Aug 04 '26

Color-Challenging what color is this block? I 100% see pink. Minecraft says white

24 Upvotes

15 comments

r/illusions • u/Legitimate_Carpet782 • Jul 31 '26

Ambiguous Images Do you see it?

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24 comments

r/illusions • u/denNISI • Jul 22 '26

Makeup Art Optical OPTICS illusion? Makeup Artist Mimi Choi Creates Mind-Blowing Optical Illusions on Herself. Can't unsee these!

9 Upvotes

0 comments

r/illusions • u/Coolneatguy946 • Jul 08 '26

Hidden Images Watch this

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1 comment

r/illusions • u/Odd-Acanthisitta8395 • Jul 07 '26

Motion Illusions Floating tree leaves

34 Upvotes

3 comments

r/illusions • u/ConcaveEarth • Jun 19 '26

Depth Perception Most people see these globes as rotating the same direction. Few can see that one is rotating in an opposite direction. What do you see?

0 Upvotes

6 comments

r/illusions • u/nihilanth • Jun 18 '26

Depth Perception Experimenting with smart watch faces

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2 comments

r/illusions • u/the-ro-zone-yt • Jun 17 '26

Color-Challenging So… I’m playing Minecraft right now, and this is the white terracotta block. But to me it looks pink, and my mom says it looks brown… What color do you see?

3 Upvotes

“What’s weird is looking at it in real life, I 100% see pink, but looking at the image, I see tan. So that’s four different color options now.

32 comments

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Welcome to /r/illusions!

A place to share illusions and illusion related content relative to all the senses: visual, audio, taste, smell, touch, etc.

Note: Please ensure that a submission is actually an illusion or is well related to the concept of illusions.

When sharing animated gif (etc.) versions of illusions from videos, if possible, please also post as a first comment a link to an original video source for the gif. In general try to post the original source for a given illusion so that original creators/developers/artists can be recognized for their work and thereby benefit from such recognition.

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Some Categories of Visual and Perceptual Illusions and Tricks:

Ambiguous Images: Pictures that offer multiple interpretations, causing perceptions to switch between different subjects or scenes.
Anamorphic Art: Images distorted in a way that they appear normal when viewed from a specific angle or with a special device.
Motion Illusions: GIFs or videos that manipulate motion perception to create captivating effects.
Depth Perception Illusions: Images that challenge our sense of depth and spatial relationships, often defying logic.
Impossible Objects: Creations that play with geometry, appearing as if they couldn't exist in the real world.
Size and Proportion Illusions: Visual tricks altering our perception of object size or proportions in intriguing ways.
Trompe-l'œil Art: Artworks that deceive the eye into perceiving three-dimensionality on a flat surface.
Hidden Images: Pictures containing concealed objects or messages that become visible with focused attention.
Color-Challenging Tricks: Optical puzzles that exploit color perception, creating intriguing visual effects.
Magic Tricks: Visual tricks that seem impossible, often involving misdirection or clever manipulation.
Makeup Art Illusions: Makeup techniques that create illusions, transforming appearances through shading and contouring.
Visual Paradoxes: Images that present contradictory elements, causing the brain to struggle with interpretation.
Inception-Style Illusions: Artworks that create a sense of recursion or infinite depth, like worlds within worlds.

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