So I've read in more than a few places that color doesn't exist outside our heads, it's just wavelengths of light. That our brains are the things that make color, same with sound (which is just ...

A head-scratching optical illusion challenges the perception of color and how the brain plays tricks on us. In an image created by the UK contact lens vendor Lenstore, a series of lilac letters ...

Optical illusions are often described as mind-boggling, mind-bendint, brain-frying, and everything in between. But let's be honest, most of the time all they elicit is a slight smirk, or maybe the odd ...

The internet is once again losing its mind over color confusion. Five years ago, people were arguing whether a dress was blue and black or white and gold. Now they’re debating over a different product ...

How optical illusions work has been long-debated among scientists and philosophers, who wonder whether these illusions stem from neural processing in the eye or involve higher-level cognitive ...

I had a pair of red sunglasses back when colored lenses were cool (or at least back when I thought they were). But I couldn’t wear them when driving because they make traffic lights look broken. The ...

Optical illusions come in all forms, from mind-melting artwork to photography trickery, but there's one style that never fails to perplex the internet – the humble colour illusion. Fooling the brain ...

Nature is full of an almost infinite array of colors, but some are more unique than others. Apart from the inanimate sky and water, the color blue only some animals and flowers have the privilege of ...

Optical illusions are tricky little things. Often they can leave us scratching our heads, trying to figure out how the illusion is tricking our eyes and our brain. One type of illusion, known as a ...

A new viral optical illusion featuring two identical dresses has reignited the infamous 2015 debate over whether #TheDress ...

Optical illusions have always fascinated me because they reveal how easily our brains can be tricked by simple patterns, color, design, and even different shapes and 3D models. When I first looked at ...