Get ready to question everything you see! These mind-bending optical illusions will trick your brain, confuse your eyes, and make you wonder if reality is even real. Some of them will have you seeing things that aren’t there, while others will completely change before your eyes. Can you figure out how they work, or will they leave you scratching your head? Only the sharpest minds can solve them all! Hit play and let’s dive into the most confusing optical illusions you need to see! Animation is created by Bright Side.
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00:00Let's start easy, shall we?
00:02Boy, nobody answers no to that.
00:05Can you tell how many triangles there are in this image?
00:16If you said 8, then you got it right!
00:19Only 20% of people get this one correctly, though.
00:23And voila!
00:24This looks like a ladder, but it isn't!
00:27Can you count how many squares there are here?
00:37The correct answer is 13.
00:39There are 10 simple squares, then you should count that every 4 squares in this image make
00:45a new one, so the total is 13.
00:49Pay close attention to this one.
00:51Behind all of these little black dots, there's an image.
00:54Are you part of the 1% of people that can see it?
01:05It's a Minion!
01:07Congrats if you spotted that!
01:09Here's another one in this style.
01:11Can you see what's hidden here?
01:20It's a Ninja Turtle!
01:22Honestly, did you need to be a bit of a ninja to see that one?
01:26And what about this one?
01:36My my, Homer Simpson!
01:38Now, there's something hidden behind black stripes.
01:42How's your x-ray vision working?
01:52You got it if you said it's one of the dragons from How to Train Your Dragon!
01:57That's cute!
01:59I bet you'll get confused with this one.
02:01Can you guess how many squares there are INSIDE this big square?
02:08Yikes, this one really confused me.
02:15In total, there are 27 squares.
02:17Here's how it works.
02:19Start with the 13 larger 1-component squares.
02:22They're the most obvious ones.
02:24Then move on to the squares that have 2 components.
02:27There's a total of 4 of those.
02:30There are also 4 squares that have 4 components.
02:33Then there are 4 squares that have 7 components.
02:36And there is one square that has 9 components.
02:40Last but not least, there's the big square that gathers all the other squares, totaling
02:4427 squares.
02:46Woo!
02:47So, we'll move on to some hard-level optical illusions, okay?
02:53This first one is called the Impossible Triangle.
02:56But wait, what makes it so impossible?
02:58You have 7 seconds to figure that out.
03:09The so-called Penrose Triangle is also known as the Impossible Triangle because it could
03:14never exist in reality.
03:16This magical triangle defies the laws of Euclidean geometry.
03:20If you follow the ball sliding on the surface of the triangle from the top point, you'll
03:25notice something strange.
03:27It looks like the left side of the triangle is extending away from the viewer, while the
03:31right side is closer to you.
03:34The Penrose Triangle is the type of geometric figure that can only exist as an optical illusion.
03:40Because this is what it would look like if we dismember it.
03:43Not a triangle at all, huh?
03:46Can you stare at this parrot's eye for 15 seconds?
03:50Just keep staring at it.
03:51I'll tell you when you can close your eyes.
03:54You're about to witness another example of an afterimage.
03:573, 2, 1, and close your eyes.
04:02Can you see a red parrot?
04:05Isn't it amazing that even though this parrot is black and white, you have the illusion
04:10of seeing the color red?
04:12Again, this is just your brain trying to guess the color of something.
04:17This one is basically a magic trick.
04:19Keep staring at this portrait of Harry Potter for about 7 seconds.
04:23Don't worry about keeping track of time, I'll do that for you.
04:27I need you to stare at this dot.
04:29You can blink, but just keep staring at the dot.
04:32When I say so, I need you to close your eyes and blink with your eyes closed.
04:37You know, just keep squeezing your eyes while they're closed.
04:40Okay, you can close your eyes.
04:42Now blink.
04:43A portion of Harry Potter will slowly start to appear in your mind's eye.
04:48Can you see it?
04:49That's witchcraft right there!
04:53Take a look at this image.
04:54It looks like the square in the middle is breathing, right?
04:58Like it's growing in size and then shrinking.
05:01What if I told you that it's just rotating but not changing its size?
05:05Here's what's happening.
05:07This illusion is called motion binding.
05:09It happens when our brain tries to predict the movement of one of the elements in the
05:13image.
05:14Crazy stuff!
05:16This one's another example of a motion binding illusion.
05:20These four bars seem to be moving in parallel with each other, right?
05:24No, wrong!
05:25They're all part of the same moving square.
05:28Here's what's happening behind the scenes.
05:30Our brain just gets confused.
05:33Don't these snakes move beautifully?
05:36Except that, uh, they're actually stationary.
05:39This classic optical illusion is caused by repeating asymmetrical patterns together with
05:45specific color schemes.
05:46The illusion mixes lighter colors, like yellow and white, with darker shades of blue and
05:51black.
05:52This combination makes your retina send signals to your brain claiming that these circles
05:57are moving.
05:58If you want to debunk this illusion and see things as they really are, you need to stare
06:03straight at one part of the image.
06:06This way, you'll see that the rotation will slowly come to a stop.
06:11So how many bars can you count here?
06:13I know you can do this, don't give up now!
06:21This illusion has left the Internet baffled.
06:24People have counted as many as 11 bars, but most people count between 8 and 7 bars.
06:30According to the creator of this image, there are only 6 complete bars.
06:34Try counting from top to bottom, and you'll notice that the upper bars are real.
06:39But by the time you get to the 6th bar, things start to get blurry and confusing.
06:44That's because the last two bars are incomplete, so when you try making them out, they appear
06:49to multiply and only leave you more confused.
06:53If you trace your pointer down the 7th and 8th bars, you'll be able to see that they
06:58are incomplete.
07:00They were only put there to confuse you.
07:03Can you tell if the dark blue lines are parallel to each other or inclined?
07:08They sure look crooked, but in reality, they're not.
07:12This classic optical illusion was first described over a hundred years ago.
07:17But it wasn't until the 1970s that it got its current name – the café wall illusion.
07:23A guy named Steve Simpson noted a similar effect on the wall of a café in Bristol,
07:28and here we are.
07:29Now, let's see how this works.
07:31First, let's blur the image a little bit.
07:34Oh, a little bit more.
07:36There you go.
07:37This way, you'll be able to see that the dark blue lines are parallel to each other.
07:42If you look closely, the little black and white bricks at the intersection of wide lines
07:47are what makes this illusion possible.
07:50In addition to that, the curved elements inside the blue lines help to make the elusive effect
07:55even stronger.
07:57Up next, take a look at this black square criss-crossed with perpendicular white lines.
08:03Make your best guess – are these really scintillating or not?
08:08If you look attentively, you'll notice that the white dots at the intersection of the
08:12grid shift their color from white to gray and back.
08:16When you concentrate on a particular dot, you see that it's white, but as soon as
08:20your attention wanders, the dot turns gray.
08:23That's the Hermann grid illusion.
08:25Amazing, isn't it?
08:27We can take this illusion one step further by positioning white dots at the intersection
08:32of gray lines.
08:34All are placed on top of the black background.
08:37If you look at this image long enough, you'll notice black dots starting to pop up at the
08:41intersections of the grid, creating a scintillating effect.
08:46Another name for this illusion is a simultaneous light contrast illusion.
08:50As you perceive the dots as white at one moment and then, almost immediately, you see them
08:55as black.
08:56Well, these sure made my eyes angry.
08:59They don't like being fooled, so I think I'll let them rest now.
09:04That's it for today!
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