Optical Illusions !!

Perpetually Ascending StaircaseRed XParallel DiagonalsNo Gray Spots
Parallel Rows of SquaresImpossible TriangleParallel Lines at SunriseSame Center Circles
Vertical Lines Same LengthCastleThree-Pronged ForkAmbiguous Cube
Only White Circles at IntersectionsIdentical BumpsNo Wavy SquaresRotating Wheels
Warped SquareFrog or HorseOne or Two FacesIndian Head or Eskimo
Rabbit or DuckSaxophone Player or Woman's FaceSkull or Woman at a VanityYoung Woman or Old Woman
DeerDrawing HandsElephant LegsDragon in a Face
Horse and Rider in CanyonFace in the MeadowOld Man (and more...)Bridge of the Ship
Skull or PartyPlazaWaterfallMoving Circles
Video - Jerry AndressSpinning DancerBlack & White - ColorAfter Image Flag
Animals Face Cat Couple Faces Among Divers Faces Among Peaks
Faces Among Slopes Beach Rose Dali Disappears Swans & Elephants
Hand Ballerina Passion Rose M.C. Escher's Relativity Escher - Up and Down
FaceScape Fisher's Family Swan-Squirrel by Fisher Ten Eagles by Gardner
Eleven Deer by Gardner Fourteen Horses by Gardner Fifteen Wolves by Gardner Ladies of the Lake by Gonsalves
Tree House in Autumn by Gonsalves T. Elder Hearn's The Illusionist Hidden Animals Couple Dreams of Baby
Hidden Woman and Child Praying Pool by MacDonald Mona Lisa - True & False Mysterious Inkblot?
Lost Tiger by Rust Ten Africans by Rust Hidden Lion by Rust Hidden Love by Rust
Rusty Dreams Mask by Sarcone Staircase Purple Mountain Majest b VanStraalen
Seven Dolphins by Warren Seven Horses by Warren Checkmate! Society - Wotherspoon
Tree Faces Morphing Walking Cow Another Face in the Meadow Face in the Arch
Face in the Air Face in Battle Picture is not moving Orange Circles the Same Size
Where's the baby? Black or White Shoes Leaning Towers Not a Lake
Top and Bottom the Same Color? 30-second stare Birds and tree or face? Reverse Chair
People Column Not Really Moving Kokichi Sugihara's 3-D Sculptures Penrose Mobius Strip Castle
"Who do you say I am?" Links


Also see Amazing Chalk Drawings!





Perpetually Ascending Staircase

How can the man go up all the time and come back to the same place over and over?


Back to Top




RED X: The red squares are the same color in the upper part and in the lower part of the "X"


Back to Top




The diagonal lines are parallel.


Back to Top




There are no gray spots at the corners of the squares.


Back to Top




The rows of black and white squares are all parallel.



Animated GIF version demonstrates this

Back to Top




Impossible Triangle


Back to Top




Parallel Lines at Sunrise


Back to Top




The center circles are both the same size.


Back to Top




The Vertical lines are both the same length.


Back to Top




Castle


Back to Top




Three-Pronged Fork


Back to Top




Ambiguous Cube (Does the front face go downward or upward?)


Back to Top




There are only white circles at the intersections.


Back to Top




All the bumps are identical.
The one in the lower right corner is upside-down.


Back to Top




Wavy Squares? No!
The background of concentric circles makes the squares appear distorted.


Back to Top




Rotating Wheels
The circles appear to rotate when you move your head closer and further away from the screen while looking at the dot in the center.

Back to Top




Warped Square?
There are no curved lines in this figure.


Back to Top




Frog or Horse (Watch the image rotate.)


Back to Top




One or Two Faces (Is a candle melting over from the top of the head over the middle)?


Back to Top




Indian Head or Eskimo?


Back to Top




Rabbit or Duck (No, not a question from the Tasmanian Devil :) ?


Back to Top




Saxophone Player or Woman's Face?


Back to Top




Skull or Woman at a Vanity?


Back to Top




Young Woman or Old Woman (Is the young woman's jaw line really the older woman's nose)?


Back to Top




Deer


Back to Top




Drawing Hands

Just for Fun: Escher-Sketch

 


Back to Top




Elephant Legs


Back to Top




Dragon in a Face


Back to Top




Horse and Rider in Canyon


Back to Top




Face in the Meadow


Back to Top




Old Man (and more...)


Back to Top




Bridge of the Ship


Back to Top




Skull or Party?


Back to Top




Plaza


Back to Top




Waterfall?


Back to Top




Moving Circles


Back to Top




Dancer



Which way is she spinning? Clockwise = right brain dominant. Counterclockwise = left brain dominant.

Need help seeing it spin the other way?

Back to Top




Black & White - Color



  1. Stare are the dot in the middle for 20 seconds or more.
  2. WITHOUT moving your eyes from the dot, move your mouse over the image.
  3. Continue to stare at the dot. The image will seem to be in color (but it is really a black & white image).

Looks can be deceiving.
From http://www.stareclips.com/.

Back to Top




After Image Flag

Stare at the flag for awhle and then look at some white space.


Back to Top




Animals Face

Do you see animals or a face?


Back to Top




Cat Couple

Is it a cat or a couple?


Back to Top




Faces Among Divers

Do you see faces among the divers?


Back to Top




Faces Among Peaks

Do you see faces among the peaks?


Back to Top




Faces Among Slopes

Do you see faces among the slopes?


Back to Top




Beach Rose

Do you see a dolphin in this rose?


Back to Top




Dali Disappears

Do you see Dali or a woman?


Back to Top




Swans & Elephants

Do you see swans or elephants? What are the swans reflecting?


Back to Top




Hand Ballerina

Do you see a hand and ballerina? What makes the ballerina's skirt?


Back to Top




Passion Rose

This rose shows a flower, but also lovers.


Back to Top




M.C. Escher's Relativity

One of the classics...


Just for fun ;)
 

Back to Top




Escher - Up and Down

I'm so confused I don't know which way is up!


Back to Top




FaceScape

Do you see a face in the landscape?


Back to Top




Fisher's Family

Do you see the grandpa, grandma and the youngster?


Back to Top




Swan-Squirrel by Fisher

Do you see a swan or a squirrel?


Back to Top




Ten Eagles by Gardner

Can you count 10 eagles?


Back to Top




Eleven Deer by Gardner

Can you count 11 deer?


Back to Top




Fourteen Horses by Gardner

Can you count 14 horses?


Back to Top




Fifteen Wolves by Gardner

Can you count 15 wolves?


Back to Top




Ladies of the Lake by Gonsalves

Not Arthurian, but amazing nonetheless!


Back to Top




Tree House in Autumn by Gonsalves

Is the house on the ground or atop a tree?


Back to Top




T. Elder Hearn's The Illusionist

Do you see a face or people?


Back to Top




Hidden Animals

Do you see the hidden face and animals?


Back to Top




Couple Dreams of Baby

Do you see the baby about whom this couple dreams?


Back to Top




Hidden Woman and Child Praying

Do you see the woman and child praying. While prayer is something we need to think about, this is not an actual rock as suggested by an Internet hoax.


Back to Top




Pool by MacDonald

How would you swim here?


Back to Top




Mona Lisa - True & False

These pictures look the same until you flip them. Click the pictures and see (unless you wan to flip your screen)!


Back to Top




Mysterious Inkblot?

Can you tell what this familiar thing is? Hint: Reverse the colors.


Back to Top




Lost Tiger by Rust

Can you find the lost tiger?


Back to Top




Ten Africans by Rust

Can you find the tenth "African"?


Back to Top




Hidden Lion by Rust

Can you find the hidden lion? (Is Aslan on the move?)


Back to Top




Hidden Love by Rust

This looks lovely, but can you find love in this picture?


Back to Top




Rusty Dreams

Do you see the rusty dream in the barn (or is a rust bucket)?


Back to Top




Mask by Sarcone

The mask always seems to face outward or even change direction.


Back to Top




Staircase

Upstairs and downstairs…um, I can't find my ladie's chamber!


Back to Top




Purple Mountain Majesty by VanStraalen

What do you see in this majestic mountain?


Back to Top




Seven Dolphins by Warren

Can you count 7 dolphins?


Back to Top




Seven Horses by Warren

Can you count 7 horses?


Back to Top




Checkmate!

I'm not sure how many moves it took the game to reach this point!


Back to Top




Society - Wotherspoon

From what is hidden, what does the painter perhaps think of high society?


Back to Top




Treefaces


Back to Top




Morphing Walking Cow


Back to Top




Another Face in the Meadow


Back to Top




Face in the Arch


Back to Top




Face in the Air


Back to Top




Face in Battle


Back to Top




Picture is not moving


Back to Top




Orange Circles the Same Size


Back to Top




Where's the baby?


Back to Top




Black or White Shoes


Back to Top




Leaning Towers



The one on the right only looks like it is leaning more, but it isn't.

Back to Top




Not a Lake



It's a fallen tree. Tilt your head to the right and see.

Back to Top




Top and Bottom the Same Color?



Indeed they are the same color. Put your index finger over the dividing line and see!

Back to Top




30-second stare



Stare at the picture for 30 seconds and then look at a white screen or white piece of paper.

Back to Top




Birds and tree or face?



Do you see birds and a tree? Or do you see a face?

Back to Top




Reverse Chair?



It all makes sense when he sits down.

Back to Top




People Column



Do you see people? Or do you see columns?

Back to Top




Kokichi Sugihara's 3-D Sculptures



Back to Top




Not Really Moving



The above image is not really moving. There is no animation involved. Rather, it is a clever optical illusion.

Back to Top




Penrose Mobius Strip Castle



This will confuse your enemies at the gate.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/186662688657981/permalink/504668800190700/


Back to Top




"Who do you say I am?"


Back to Top




Links

Amazing Optical Illusion

Cat Bird

Chair Illusion

Creepy Almonds

Eye Tricks

Fun Visual Tricks & Optical Illusions

Fun with Stripes

House Illusion

Let's Play Catch

My Senses Have Failed Me (funny .gif)

Planet Perplex

Optical Illusions

Optical Illusions by Latisse

Optical Illusions by Michael Bach

Shades of Gray on a Checkerboard by Edward H. Adelson

The Ultimate Guide to Optical Illusions

Back to Top



So never make a decision based on your observations ...

Think of what you saw and what you heard ... Analyze the fact and make the decision. (Look beyond appearances to the Truth beyond.)