These Mindbending Optical Illusions Will Break Your Brain

Bezold Effect

Does the red on the left look lighter than the red on the right? German meteorologist Wilhelm von Bezold discovered an effect that shows how color can appear lighter or darker depending on its relation to adjacent colors. The red on both sides is actually the same.

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