Картинки, которые обманывают

Испытания

• Испытание · 7 картинокLight and DarkSeven pictures about how light a thing looks — and how little that has to do with how light it is.Играть — около двух минут →
• Испытание · 7 картинокHow Long Is It?Seven pictures, seven comparisons of length and size. The rulers are hidden; your eyes are not.Играть — около двух минут →
• Испытание · 5 картинокStraight or Crooked?Five pictures of lines that are exactly straight, parallel or continuous — and do not look it. One question each.Играть — около двух минут →
• Испытание · 5 картинокLook TwiceFive pictures, one guess each: four walls of real websites hiding a shape, and a pair of lines. How many can you call before you look again?Играть — около двух минут →

Оригиналы Pixeloom

Картины, сотканные из сайтов, представленных на Pixeloom. Каждая плитка — настоящий сайт, у всех поровну плиток, и никто не платит за место.

• Оригинал Pixeloom · ЦветTrue ColoursStare at a wall of websites in their opposite colours for twenty seconds, then watch their own colours appear on a grey one.
• Оригинал Pixeloom · СкрытоеUnder the LensA wall of real websites with a picture hidden in its light and dark — and a lens to find it with.
• Оригинал Pixeloom · СкрытоеStep Back YourselfA close-up of a wall of real websites and a slider. Step back until you can tell what they are drawing.
• Оригинал Pixeloom · Серия из 4What the Sites Are DrawingA wall of real websites, seen close up. Guess what they are drawing before you step back.

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• Оригинал Pixeloom · СкрытоеStep BackReal websites, woven so closely that the picture they make only appears when you step away from it.

Иллюзии и эксперименты

Классические трюки с цветом, движением, размером и формой — каждый объясняется после того, как вы попробуете.

• ГеометрияThe Café WallRows of black and white tiles, thin grey lines between them, and a question about which way those lines run.
• ПерспективаThe Railway LinesTwo orange bars laid across a railway track that runs off into the distance.
• ГеометрияThe Hidden LineA line runs behind a band and comes out the other side. Three lines come out; only one is it.
• ГеометрияParallel LinesSix long slanting lines, crossed with short strokes, and a question about whether they run side by side.
• ГеометрияBowed LinesTwo red lines across a burst of rays. Are they straight?
• ГеометрияRing AroundTwo dark discs, one in a tight ring and one in a wide one.
• ГеометрияTwo ArchesTwo curved shapes, one above the other. One of them is bigger — or is it?
• ГеометрияThe Tall TAn upside-down T. Which of its two lines is longer?
• ГеометрияThe ParallelogramTwo red diagonals in two parallelograms, a big one and a small one.
• ПерспективаTurning the TablesTwo tables: one long and thin, one short and wide. Or are they?
• ЦветTwo GreysA grey square on black and a grey square on white.
• ЦветStripes and GreysGrey bars woven into black and white stripes, two ways.
• ЦветThe StaircaseNine bars of grey, each one step lighter than the last.
• ЦветSame OrangeOrange bars woven between yellow stripes on one side and blue stripes on the other.
• ИллюзияThe Triangle That Isn’tThree black discs with a bite taken out of each, and a white triangle nobody drew.
• ИллюзияGrey GhostsA grid of black squares and white streets. Something grey keeps turning up at the crossroads.
• ИллюзияFlashing DotsGrey lines on black, a white dot at every crossing — and black dots that flash where nothing black is drawn.
• ИллюзияThe Spiral That Isn’tA twisted cord winding in towards the centre. Or four circles.
• ИнтерактивTurning RingsTwo rings of small squares. Keep your eyes on the centre and move the picture in and out.
• ЦветFading OutSix soft patches of colour around a cross. Stare at the cross and see what becomes of them.
• ПерспективаWhich Way It FacesA wire cube that cannot make up its mind which of its faces is at the front.
• ГеометрияFilled SpaceTwo stretches between three marks: one filled with ticks, one left empty.
• ГеометрияThe Company It KeepsTwo orange circles, two crowds around them, and one question about size.
• ЦветThe Colour That Isn't ThereStare at a strange landscape for twenty seconds, then watch colour appear on a grey one.
• ЦветThe Lilac ChaserTwelve lilac dots and one gap going round — keep your eyes still and see what the gap becomes.
• ГеометрияEqual LinesTwo lines, a few fins, and a question that is easier to answer than it looks.
• ДвижениеThe Floating DiscA picture in which nothing moves, and something will not keep still.
• СкрытоеNear and FarA field of fine lines with something else in it — visible only if you step back.