you're using internet explorer aren't you!

this is shades, not colors. Shades of black and white are different than colors.

lol, not even close to OP.

shades are different than colors. OP is wrong.:rolleyes:

I'm just going to assume this is some lame attempt at trolling. Have fun with that.

And I'm gonna assume you are color blind, have fun with that. :clap:

Are you really this dense? You've been proven wrong about 3 dozen times in this thread. JFC.....

you must be color blind too? And, where was I proven wrong about OP? I never said anything about any of the other optical illusions. I'm just saying the optical illusion in the OP is not right. Then the post which proves the illusion doesn't even match with the OP, the colors are clearly different.

:facepalm:

The only difference between the proof pic and the OP pic, is the pink and orange colors being completely removed. And it's done so to show that the green stripes are really the same color.

Zoom in to the OP pic like 200%, and take a piece of paper with a little hole cut in it. Cut two holes, one on both of the green stripes so that's all you can see. Compare the colors on your own monitor through a small enough frame of reference where the other colors aren't shown.

Try it.

ok, I blew it up to and you are right, the orange becomes much more apparent and the colors change, that is, the blue and green become more alike. But I still wonder if this would work when not on a computer.

Here - my contribution to the internets: an animation of the OP image so people can see the changes themselves.

http://i.imgur.com/XifqTOT.gif

Larger version here.
http://i.imgur.com/Tfon3MO.gif

Tombstone, it doesn't matter where the colors are reproduced, the effect is the same be it on paper, plastic, metal or your screen. When you did Fish' experiment, the piece of paper didn't magically change the colors on your screen, it was still producing the same exact colors before you covered it up with said piece of paper.

The green/blue stripes are the same color and the pattern of colors around them make your brain perceive them as totally different.

Your disbelief is, really, just evidence of how good that optical illusion is.

These two blocks are the same shade of gray. Don’t believe me? Use your finger to cover the line and the shading in the middle and see for yourself!

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/7687/q5kf.jpg

Explanation: http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astro...s_of_grey.html