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June 14, 2005
Strange stuff indeed!
Look at the center cross for a while, and the pink dots will disappear, to be replaced by a single green dot.(the pink dots are winking out in sequence, and there is no green at all).
I found this while I was doing some research for a lecture I just gave on color theory at Berkeley.
A few things are going on here like the effect of peripheral information hitting the fovea (blind spot) on the retina, but the most interesting effect is a good example of Itten's rule of simultaneous contrast, where "for any given color, the eye requires a complement and if it not present, the eye/brain will generate it spontaneously."
It still freaks me out though.
Posted by Andrew at June 14, 2005 10:50 PM
Comments
It was instantaneous - immediate activation...PHEW!
Posted by: Nansie at June 17, 2005 02:37 PM
Yesterday was yellow SEED portal day
Part of the information that came to me was
we are working with a new color spectrum now
thanks for helping me to remember that
mmmmmmmwwwhhhhhhaaaaaaAH!
Posted by: Nansie at June 17, 2005 02:39 PM
OMIGODDESS - imagine art designs moving just through our eyes
you called this in
Mr...what shall we call yu?
Posted by: Nansie at June 17, 2005 02:41 PM
Is this just coincidence? I was looking at this with coworkers yesterday. :-)
Posted by: thedude at June 18, 2005 12:31 PM
grati tude 2 the dudeZ
Posted by: Nansie at June 26, 2005 03:22 AM
Hi Ugly
Just bin luckin at thi picture, the one labled 0085.jpg looks like sumat on Bash allotments, I ope tha benu paint id.
The one you can't alter
Posted by: S.U.I.B. at June 27, 2005 01:37 PM