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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by fievel@lemm.ee to c/opticalillusions@feddit.nl

While this is just a static 2d image, it looks like blue is above the screen (for me, for some others it's below, or red is above).

Thanks to comments, here some explanations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromostereopsis

Edited: added Wikipedia link

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[-] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 70 points 1 month ago

To me it looks like blue is under the screen

[-] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 22 points 1 month ago

Okay so what's going on here? This is the first time I've seen this illusion without my glasses, though it's stronger with.

I see the blue further back; the red sticks out forward to me. And I've seen that with colours on my screen and - I think - printed colours too sometimes.

Or is this something else, about the blue being a bit fuzzier or something? (In which case my own colour depth separation is something else.)

[-] omgitsaheadcrab@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago

Yeah blue looks sunk to me too

[-] BossDj@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

I'm guessing it's the fuzziness of the blue one (less focus), but also both red segments being wider/thicker so your brain rationalizes that blue is further away

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

I've noticed this effect on business signs so I don't think that's the cause. Blue specifically seems affected, and you can notice a parallax difference too even when they're the same distance. I assumed it had to do with my glasses bending the light differently or something.

[-] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I've definitely seen it when the colours are in focus/sharpness the same, e.g. with red words on my phone screen standing out in front of the rest.

[-] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromostereopsis

Found courtesy of another comment

Edit: oh and now I see OP also already got the link

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Blue isn't fuzzy or blurry though. It's just as crisp and sharp as red, digitally speaking.

But yes, without glasses, I get the same sort of experience, where the blue gets blurry before the red.

[-] lnxtx@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago

Red and blue are on opposite side of the visible spectrum.

[-] Jean_le_Flambeur@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 1 month ago

Wait you guys are getting 3d Effekts from this?

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

I can't seem to see this in any way but flat

[-] fievel@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

As with all those illusion it depends on how the brain interpret things... Perhaps your brain is clever than mine to see the image how it really is

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I can't do Magic Eyes either!

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I think it also depends on your viewing screen

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

It's also affected by one's glasses, whether you're nearsighted, farsighted, or just don't wear glasses. The refraction from my nearsighted lenses makes the effect notably stronger, with the blue appearing behind the red.

If I had to spot a guess, the effect is probably reversed with farsighted glasses, but I dunno. ๐Ÿคท

[-] fievel@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Indeed with myopia glasses, I see the red in front like being out of the screen and feeling I can grab it

[-] Zikeji@programming.dev 12 points 1 month ago

Not sure if it's because I just woke up, or if it's dark mode, but looks flat.

[-] chautalees@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Chromostereopsis. Pretty cool. Actually works on print too but very easy to observe on displays.

[-] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Thank you!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromostereopsis

(Edit: now I see OP already added the link)

[-] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Hmm, for me, it depends on how close or far the screen is. When it is closer to my eyes, the blue sinks into the screen. When it is far, the blue pops out of the screen towards me.

[-] blueday@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Good catch! It was just behind for me, usually don't have phone too far back.

[-] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

mmmmm not seeing it tbh

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

It's too early in the morning for brainfucks..

Just take my upvote ๐Ÿ‘

[-] node_user@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

If I go fullscreen I can see the reverse (blue is lower than the red). Its fairly subtle

[-] dingus182@endlesstalk.org 2 points 1 month ago
[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Way to out yourself as having thick glasses haha.

[-] Twinkletoes@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Shop Target ๐ŸŽฏ

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Woah! This is cool!

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