Color illusion
using part of the Analects of Confucius
Since July 12, 2008
"Reverse color assimilation"
The left characters appear to be bluish while the right ones yellowish-greenish, though both are the same color.
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"Reverse color assimilation 2"
The left red characters appear to be slightly bluish while the right ones slightly yellowish, though both are the same color.
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"Reverse color assimilation 3"
The right characters appear to be less vivid than the right ones, though both are the same blue.
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"Reverse color assimilation 4"
The right characters appear to be less vivid than the right ones, though both are the same yellow.
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"Reverse color assimilation 5"
The left red characters appear to be slightly bluish while the right ones slightly yellowish, though both are the same color.
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"Reverse color assimilation 6"
The left green characters appear to be slightly bluish while the right ones slightly yellowish, though both are the same color.
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"Reverse color contrast"
The gray background of the left image appears to be slightly tinted reddish.
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"Color assimilation"
The left background appears to be slightly bluish while the right ones slightly yellowish, though both are the same red.
produced by Akiyoshi .Kitaoka 2008 (July 7)
"Color contrast"
The gray characters appear to be slightly tinted reddish in the left image.
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"Color contrast 2"
The gray characters appear to be slightly tinted pink in the left image.
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"Color contrast 3"
The gray characters appear to be slightly tinted greenish in the left image.
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"Color contrast 4"
The orange characters in the left image appear to be yellowish while those in the right image appear to be reddish.
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"Enhanced color contrast"
(The master said, "Resort to smiles and blandishments is a demonstration
of a cold heart") in the left image appears to be yellowish while
that in the right image appears to be reddish.
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"Brightness assimilation"
The left background appears to be slightly dark while the right ones slightly light, though both are the same luminance.
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"Brightness contrast"
The gray characters in the left image appear to be brighter than those in the right one, though they are the same in luminance.
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"Enhanced brightness contrast"
in the left image appears to be brighter than that in the right one.
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"Saturation contrast"
The characters in the left image appear to be less vivid than those in the right one, though they are the same color.
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"Saturation contrast 2"
The characters in the left image appear to be less vivid than those in the right one, though they are the same color.
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"Saturation contrast 3"
The characters in the left image appear to be less vivid than those in the right one, though they are the same color.
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"Saturation contrast 4"
The characters in the left image appear to be less vivid than those in the right one, though they are the same color.
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"Saturation contrast 5"
The characters in the left image appear to be less vivid than those in the right one, though they are the same color. The former sometimes appear to be tinted reddish.
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"Saturation contrast 6"
The characters in the left image appear to be less vivid than those in the right one, though they are the same color.
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"Saturation contrast 7"
The characters in the left image appear to be less vivid than those in the right one, though they are the same color.
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"Remote color contrast "
in the left image appears to be more yellowish than those in the right
one, though they are the same red.
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"Remote color contrast 2"
in each image appears to have a yellowish veil, though the background
is homogeneously white.
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"Reverse color assimilation and remote color contrast"
in the left image appears to be bluish while that in the right one appears
to be greenish, though they are the same in color.
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"Reverse color assimilation and remote color contrast 2"
in the left image appears to be bluish while that in the right one appears
to be greenish, though they are the same red.
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"Reverse color assimilation and remote color contrast 3"
in the left image appears to be more vivid than that in the right, though
they are the same blue.
Copyright Akiyoshi Kitaoka 2008 (July 14)