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A bit of knowledge on optical illusions. Or scroll down to see what you came for.

The Dress blue black white gold

Color Constancy Illusions

sorrowful rock face pareidolia

How do optical illusions work?

Forced perspective image Pisa tower

Forced Perspective

Potemkin Stairs

Potemkin Stairs makes use of forced perspective

Source/credit: Oleksandr Malyon via Wikipedia

These Potemkin Stairs in Odessa (Ukraine) connect the city to the harbor.

The lower step are much wider than the ones on the top, making it appear much longer when looking from the bottom. Forced perspective is a common technique in architecture.

 

 

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180 degrees
Scale Model of a Courtyard
Cat's face
Floating Dog
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