8 Cool Optical Illusions That Will Blow Your Mind

Harrold Opticians • October 6, 2020

Even with 20:20 vision or the best quality glasses and the right prescription, optical illusions are going to catch you out. Don’t worry if these ones are not quite as they seem:

Professor David Novick has created many optical illusion pieces and this one is a favourite:

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What colour are the balls? They are actually all the same colour!

Lego illusion

What is going on with this one? Are the bricks going upwards from the bottom corner or downwards from the top?

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One vase or two faces?

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These squares don’t look parallel, but are they?

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Can you see dots where the corner of each box meets? How can that happen?

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Just a triangle made out of dice, right? Hang on….

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Love is all around! These hearts look like they’re rotating when you first look at them but this is just a still image. Look away for a minute and look back and they look like they’re spinning again. Crazy!

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Another one that will put you in a spin!

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These are all just a bit of fun and you shouldn’t worry if your eyes feel a bit funny after looking at them. If you have got any other good ones that you’ve seen, why don’t you share them with us on our social?

Also, if this reminded you that haven’t had a recent eye check, you can book in for your appointment with Harrold Opticians now.

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