Rob van Lier & Mark VergeerFilling in the afterimage after the image

BEST VISUAL ILLUSION CONTEST 2008

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Same image, two different afterimages!

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Same image, two different afterimages!

Please, fixate at the black dot..

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Same image, two different afterimages!

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Same image, two different afterimages!

Next: two contours in succession

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Same image, two different afterimages!

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Different afterimage colors at the sameretinal location!

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A few more examples..

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A sequence of contours…

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It also works for surfaces defined byillusory contours..

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Same image, two different afterimages!

Please, fixate at the tiny black dot..

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Same image, two different afterimages!

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More afterimage filling-in

Please fixate at the red dot ..

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Now with a grey patch, covering part of the colored image..

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Now with an additional oval outline on the grey image

(fixate at the red dot)

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Afterimage colors spread and mix between contours

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The end

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