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    * Amazing optical illusion - Colour perception

    http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=17874

    I thought it was a prank video at first and so watched it all the way through without sound. It isn't a prank. It's amazing. Stare at the little black dot in the center of the screen....

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    I was very wary the first time of a monster jumping out

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    Wow that is like so cool!

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    Very cool. The sky retains its color for an especially long time
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    The non-video version is even more convincing:
    http://www.johnsadowski.com/big_spanish_castle.html

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    Doesn't work for me, I see black and white and the negative image type only.

    Left eye alone, or right eye alone it works, but with both eyes, I can clearly not see color at the switch point(even on the large one)

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    Wow that is so cool - and the thing is the colours are so vivid as well (for me at least)

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    Quote Originally Posted by JodoHost(Stephen)
    Doesn't work for me, I see black and white and the negative image type only.

    Left eye alone, or right eye alone it works, but with both eyes, I can clearly not see color at the switch point(even on the large one)

    It took me 3 times to do it right, and full concentration. I also went as far as trying not to blink. The colors only work for about or second or two for me, then I go back to seeing the black and white.
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    Haha that's cool, I did it twice because I wasn't really paying attention the first time. I only saw it for about two seconds though.

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    Thats quite amazing. Worked for me, its crazy how a black and white picture can have such rich colours!
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    I think it worked too well for me...

    I was staring, and then all of a sudden it changed to color and I was like "so what" it flipped from neg to pos, and then it said at the end, "for a second it looked colored didnt it?"

    So i watched it again, and didnt stare at the dot and was like... whoa, its b&w, but I saw color..


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    Pretty nifty.

    First time I managed to have it in colour for the rest of the video, then played it again and blinked and it changed to black & white.

    Watched it a couple more times.. interesting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by theqase
    I was staring, and then all of a sudden it changed to color and I was like "so what" it flipped from neg to pos, and then it said at the end, "for a second it looked colored didnt it?"

    So i watched it again, and didnt stare at the dot and was like... whoa, its b&w, but I saw color..
    Same here, quite amazing !
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    pretty nice, thanks...

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    Interesting. Does anyone know how that works?
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    Saw it on digg the other day, showed you how to make it and had a link to a few others. shame someone has ripped it to a video as it was much better as an image with a mouseover + had lots of info on how it worked.

    pretty cool

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    Blue sky

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ariel74
    The non-video version is even more convincing:
    http://www.johnsadowski.com/big_spanish_castle.html
    Good stuff.

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    Neat stuff, I was really worried of a screamer or something, but hey, this one is awsome Thanks for sharing!
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    Basically it wears out certain color receptors in your eyes, so that you see different colors until they go back to normal.

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