The Trippiest Optical Illusions on the 'Net

From http://web.mit.edu/persci/people/adelson/checkershadow_illusion.html
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Subscribe to commentsLauraFeb 23rd 2008 9:21AM
If you click on the link below the image - it will show proof that both are the same, however - my mind cannot justify this until proven. WOW
KatMar 18th 2008 5:04PM
It's the squares themselves that are the same color. It took me 15 seconds to print the picture on my printer... cut out the "B" box and set it next to the "A" box. They are definitely the same color
HootermanApr 10th 2008 11:32AM
Wow, crazy illusion. I didn't believe it until I went into photoshop and copy->pasted the squares next to each other. Both actual squares are indeed the exact same color.
JansenSep 6th 2008 11:19AM
Chiggers, you are the idiot because its the squares they are talking about, not the letters themselves. and they really are the same color, i tested it in photoshop because i was so skeptical.
JudyMay 3rd 2009 12:53AM
I believe they are talking about the letter A and B while the letter A looks darker then the letter B and not the color of the square
bga3337637May 3rd 2009 12:07PM
It is the A and the B that they are talking about and not the square.
ChanteeOct 17th 2007 8:45PM
Wow...this one is hard to believe, but I actually copied/pasted into Photoshop, and compared the colors, and it's true!
MikeOct 17th 2007 9:02PM
Square A looks darker than B on matter how many times I look at it
kurinOct 17th 2007 9:22PM
haha, someone needs to get a life... cough Chantee.. cough. lol jk.
ideastoreOct 17th 2007 9:41PM
I think you should say A appears darker than B because that is what would be most obvious. Although they are both the same.
TATIANAOct 17th 2007 9:52PM
A LOOKS DARKER TO ME
VicOct 17th 2007 10:03PM
One square is gray and the other is white. How can you say they are the same.
VERAOct 17th 2007 10:30PM
I SEE B IS LIGHTER THAN A.
JonOct 17th 2007 10:42PM
Square A looks darker than square B to me.
JusBancciOct 17th 2007 11:21PM
I don't see it!!! "B" is a white square and "A" is dark grey! I'm confused!
chiggers410Oct 17th 2007 11:35PM
It's the letter "B" that appears darker. Not the square you idiot.
annOct 18th 2007 12:00AM
poorly worded instructions!!
CindyOct 18th 2007 12:18AM
THIS IS CRAZY,,i didnt believe it so i copied it into corel draw and cut out the a square and cut out the b square and put them near each other,,,,it sounds crazy, but they are the same color....try printing it out and putting them together by folding them to be near each other.
AmandaOct 18th 2007 12:56AM
yeah... i dont get it... square B might be in a shadow but it's a white sqaure and A is black... hows B look darker at all? and no, they def arent the same color either.
K NangApr 10th 2008 5:32AM
they def are!