Top 25 Optical Illusions On the Web 18

From http://web.mit.edu/persci/people/adelson/checkershadow_illusion.html
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I'm, like, okay with being a little crazy.
The time, energy, words, weight lost, nails bitten, scabs picked and nights I've struggled thru for this are easy to judge from afar, right?
Things I won't miss about being a freelancer: incorrectly estimating my taxes and owing a ton of cash at the end of the year.
So pissed at @thomashouston right now for not reminding me about James Blake last night.
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Subscribe to commentsJasonSep 17th 2008 1:29PM
I actually had to print that out and cut away the pieces and compare because I just didn't believe it. Wow! Excellent.
briSep 17th 2008 11:22PM
Or, yanno, the easier thing to do would be to stick it in paint and move part of it around..
AoliverSep 18th 2008 12:55AM
They are not the same color, even when I clicked on the proof button, they didn't look the same.
JasonOct 31st 2008 7:17AM
They are the same color. Click the link and then click Proof, and after that click "I still don't believe it, show me more evidence. It gives four ways to prove it to yourself. Printing the image and cutting out the square was one!
JTSep 18th 2008 2:14AM
...Call me crazy but damn I dont see it. The B is not the same as the A. The A is Darker. Call me out on it somebody
DaisySep 19th 2008 5:26PM
lmao!!
i get
the letters
not the blocks!
derrickhubbardOct 3rd 2008 5:03PM
Er, no.
robOct 19th 2008 11:19PM
This is excatly why it's so freekin difficult to pick out paint for a room in the home. ahahahhahaahah
JasonOct 19th 2008 11:32PM
I'm still amazed, I opened it up in Photoshop and checked the info pane while hovering over A, RGB all = 120 then while hovering over B all = 120 again. Photoshop doesn't lie, it's legit.
BillOct 19th 2008 11:48PM
Being in the printing business for 33 years, I thought I could tell one color from another. WRONG!!! I actually printed it out and cut out the "A" square out of the picture and laid it next to the "B" square... They ARE the same color!!! AMAZING!!!
BillOct 31st 2008 3:47AM
Your website has writing that is way too small to read comfortably