{"id":1246,"date":"2009-06-24T20:38:03","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T20:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=1246"},"modified":"2009-06-24T20:38:03","modified_gmt":"2009-06-24T20:38:03","slug":"blue-green-colour-illusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=1246","title":{"rendered":"Blue-Green Colour Illusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is really weird &#8211; it messes with your mind!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4563 lazyload\" title=\"Green\/Blue Illusion\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/g_b_illusion_2.gif\" alt=\"Green\/Blue Illusion\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 480px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 480\/480;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Believe it or not, those green and blue bars are actually the same colour!<\/p>\n<p>If you use your mouse scroll wheel and the CTRL button (in Vista) you can zoom in (Firefox also lets you zoom) &#8211; try it and look how the colours change.<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the best optical illusions I have ever seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is really weird &#8211; it messes with your mind! 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