Square A and Square B are the same color.
I downloaded the pic, opened it up in MS Paint, cut out a chunk of square B and slid it up to square A...
After about 5 minutes of sliding that little section back & forth, I was finally convinced.
Try it yourself.
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Similar to "What color is a red box in a dark room". It's black, or colorless, because color is based on the reflection of light. Bizarre, colors and the reflection of light, or lack of it...and shadows...those
damn shadows.
Posted by: David Drake at March 20, 2006 06:33 PM (yB5+1)
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"don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see"
It fooled me. Even after your testimony, I had to put it in photoshop and compare the color attributes.
Posted by: Sticks at March 20, 2006 07:05 PM (tC2QQ)
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I noticed it right after you pointed it out.
Of course, I used to do a lot of painting miniatures, so, using tricks of shading and light aren't unusual to me.
Posted by: the Humble Devildog at March 20, 2006 09:13 PM (TIYju)
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I didn't do any computer tricks. I just stared at the square in the shadow. Stare at it long enough and the shadow becomes more pronounced and, I'll be damned, they are the same color.
Of course, now I can't focus my farookin' eyes.
Posted by: Jim - PRS at March 20, 2006 09:24 PM (njBz/)
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I argued with a guy about that for what seemed like forever. Even when I saw the evidence, I accused him of trickery! Yes, trickery!
Who are you gonna believe, me or your lyin eyes?
Posted by: Miss Cellania at March 21, 2006 08:17 AM (X7oZk)
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Fairly straightforward. Looking at the two shadows on the "dark" square (right of the B square) and you can see how much effect the shadow has on the colour there. The same effect is therefore applied to square B. All those years of DPaint and Photoshop counted for something then :/
Posted by: Alex at March 21, 2006 10:34 AM (vQk49)
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I completely thought it was crap until I put it in Paint, too. Well, I'll be damned.
Posted by: Tuning Spork at March 22, 2006 11:07 PM (i0pwT)
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