EIGHT mind-boggling optical illusions have caused online fervor, with people claiming the images are impossible, and others wondering how they work.
From an “imploding” mug to an “exploding” pattern, the pictures are much more than they seem at first glance.
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TikTok star Ben shared the eight illusions to his channel, BentellectCredit: TikTok/@bentellect
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Ben said he checked the dimensions on the first illusion himselfCredit: TikTok/@bentellect
Ben is the content-creating mastermind behind a successful YouTube channel and TikTok account, both named Bentellect.
Along with fun facts and short comedy sketches, Ben shares interesting viral clips, like a collection of mind-bending optical illusions that have befuddled his followers.
He opens the video with a purple-and-orange spiral that appears to be moving on the screen.
The next image shows two orange circles, surrounded by grey dots of varying sizes. Even though the orange circle on the left looks smaller, the two are actually the same size.
“I actually double-checked,” Ben admitted.
Next, an ink drawing shows a rabbit or a duck – but viewers see a different animal first. Research has indicated that the time of year people see the illusion can impact how they interpret the image.
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Do you see a duck or a rabbit?Credit: TikTok/@bentellect
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The ‘Ponzo Illusion’ was first described in 1911Credit: TikTok/@bentellect
Two yellow lines positioned on an illustration of railroad tracks are the same size, but at first glance, the one “closer” to the viewer looks much shorter.
The phenomenon is a Ponzo illusion, coined by Italian psychologist Mario Ponzo in 1911.
Ponzo suggested that the human mind perceives an object’s size based on its background, even in flat images.
“I still don’t get it,” Ben confessed.
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Some viewers went ‘cross-eyed’ trying to make the illusion workCredit: TikTok/@bentellect
His next illusion required a little physical activity on the viewer’s part: Ben’s instructions said to move closer and far away from the screen.
“You’ll see the white shade in the middle explode,” he explained, calling the effect “crazy.”
Some commenters had success with this illusion, but others found it unimpressive.
“I went cross-eyed,” one viewer wrote in the comments.
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A pattern made the mug appear to ‘melt’ in on itselfCredit: TikTok/@bentellect
Sharing an image of a mug with a detailed illustration that made it look warped, Ben revealed that the impact of the image had worn off for him.
“This one got me at first, but the more you look at it, it’s not that crazy,” Ben said.
Most commenters were stuck on two illusions in particular.
The first, which showed two hearts that were reportedly both red despite appearing orange and purple on-screen, took Ben a long time to understand.
“I had to stare at this image for ten minutes,” he said.
“I must be color blind,” one commenter wrote.
“The yellow one has red lines in it…. but the purple one has NO RED LINES.”
Another viewer did try to explain what they believed was happening in the image.
“The lines that go through the left one turn blue and the lines that go through the right one turn yellow,” the viewer wrote.
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Viewers argued in the comments about the two heartsCredit: TikTok/@bentellect
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No one was sure how the final image of the group workedCredit: TikTok/@bentellect
And the final illusion of the batch asked Ben to suspend his disbelief just a little too much.
“These things have the same shape,” the skeptical TikTok star said.
“The last one…I don’t get it,” a viewer admitted.
“This is making my head hurt,” another person agreed.
Even Ben wasn’t sure how it worked.
“I refuse to believe this one,” he said.
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Categories: Optical Illusion
Source: HIS Education