THIS mind-boggling optical illusion tricks you into seeing colour in a black-and-white image and it’s “breaking people’s brains”.
Dr Julie Smith is a psychologist and shared the baffling illusion on TikTok where she explains exactly how brains can see things that aren’t actually there.
3
Dr Julie Smith said to stare at the cross for the length of the clipCredit: Tik Tok
In the clip, which starts as black-and-white footage, Julie sits in a garden with a cross placed on her forehead as she explains exactly how the experiment works.
She says: “Now this video is in black and white, but when you play it back it will be in full colour.”
She says to focus on the cross which is on her head throughout the entire time you watch the clip.
By doing this, she says: “Your brain is going to do something incredible, overexposing certain receptors in your eyes to colours causes the brain to see inverted colours when the black and white image appears.
3
The colours will change and you will see this – and when you look at the black-and-white image again colours should appearCredit: Tik Tok
WIN A DREAM CARIBBEAN HOLIDAY WORTH OVER £6,000!
The Fabulous Beauty Awards are back and bigger than ever, with 30 categories spanning hair, make-up, skincare and more!
Vote now for your favourite beauty buys and you could bag an all-inclusive trip of a lifetime to the Dominican Republic, staying at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana, as well as £17,000 of other great prizes from our fave shortlisted brands like Huda Beauty, Elizabeth Arden and IT Cosmetics.
For your chance to win this once-in-a-lifetime prize, fill out our survey here.
“Even when it changes, keep focusing on the cross. Are you ready?”
As she’s explaining the clip turns from black-and-white to showing a strange coloured filter.
When you see the black-and-white image again, Julie says it should appear in full colour – and it’s blowing people’s minds.
One person wrote: “Uh oh. I think my brain is broken.”
3
After watching again you should see colour in this black-and-white imageCredit: Tik Tok
While another viewer shared: “That freaked me out so bad! As long as I kept focusing on the x I saw colour for almost the entire black and white part.”
In the caption, Dr Julie wrote: “Did you see colour? How long for & what stood out most?
“Try it with the brightness turned up for max effect!”
So what do you see?
Follow Fabulous’ Instagram page for the hottest celebrity news, fashion, beauty and real life content @fabulousmag
Did you see when that couple took snaps on their new sofa & accidentally create an optical illusion making it look like they’ve switched heads?
And previously, these funny optical illusions look VERY rude – can you work out what’s really going on?
What about that viral ‘spinning house’ optical illusion leaves people stumped – so can YOU work it out?
Do you see a man or a dog in this optical illusion?
Categories: Optical Illusion
Source: HIS Education