Quiz Yourself on Optical Illusions

What types of illusions are these?

 

 

Color

Distortion

Ambiguous

Camouflage

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Distortion/Lines

Ambiguous/Color

Shadow/After Image

3-D/2-D

 

Ambiguous/Line

Color/Shadow

3-D/2-D

Distortion

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We see optical illusions every day.

True False

One illusion can be two different types.

True False

All illusions are alike.

True False

What happens (most of the time) when you turn an ambiguous illusion up-side down?

It's the same

You see a different picture

It changes color

It disappears

What does an after image do?

It spins

It makes you see something after you look at it

It bends

All of the above

 

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