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Oh, I hoped to see something based on Fechner colours (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fechner_color https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fechner_color). It gave me
by fhars 6y ago
Oh, I hoped to see something based on Fechner colours (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fechner_color https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fechner_color). It gave me quite some creeps when a misconfigured XFree86 server managed to draw a bright red line right across the black and white LCD screen of my first laptop...
- yread 6y agoWikipedia has it animated, too EDIT: warning! strobing! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benham%27s_top#/media/File%3ABenham's_disc_(animated).gif https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benham%27s_top#/media/File%3...
- stordoff 6y agoDoes anyone have an explanation of what I should be seeing here? I've been staring at it for a while (both full-screen and in the article), and I haven't noticed anything other than black and white.
- sundarurfriend 6y agoIn the spinning animation, the black bands in the white parts quickly turn another colour (brown for me, apparently blue or other colours for others) while the image is spinning. The effect is much reduced if I tap on the image to make it full screen on mobile. The larger size seems to reduce the velocity of the spin, which seems to be an essential part of it. Could this be the reason you don't see it, are you perhaps on a low performance device for eg.? Just for the sake of completion, the effect is incomplete for me - the outer black bands are always brown, but the inner two switch between black and brown. The middle one is more often black than brown, but it seems when that one's brown, the innermost one instead turns black.
- mleonhard 6y agoWhen I look at that animation, I see brown bands. My girlfriend sees dark blue. Why?
- dr_kiszonka 6y agoI see brown too. Are you and your girlfriend using the same device?
- rubyron 6y agoI see brown. My wife and 13-yr-old son both see green, blue, and pink. Same iPhone, same time.
- dr_kiszonka 6y agoThe wikipedia article says that not everyone sees the same color. I wonder if it is because of our eyes or how brains process the signal.