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THERE are loads of different types of optical illusions. From pictures of cats that can reveal your hidden desires, to confusing mind tricks. This optical illusion is certain to baffle viewers.

From the cigar nestled in the brickwork to 'The Dress', many optical illusions have baffled viewers over the years. But the latest illusion is arguably one of the most mind-boggling yet. The illusion ...

We're captivated by optical illusions of all kinds, whether they're accidental or created intentionally to trick our perception. And if they generate a nerdy debate about colour, all the better. Over ...

A mind-blowing optical illusion has got people questioning their own eyes. The picture, which was created by David Novice, a computer and information science engineer, has gone viral on Twitter as ...

The photograph shows a group of young girls wearing seemingly different-coloured T-shirts as they smiled for the camera with a tortoise. But on closer inspection, the students are actually covered in ...

Purple, a color often associated with royalty and creativity, isn't a true color of light. Instead, it's a creation of our brain when it perceives a combination of red and blue light. This occurs ...

So I've read in more than a few places that color doesn't exist outside our heads, it's just wavelengths of light. That our brains are the things that make color, same with sound (which is just ...

When it comes to optical illusions, sometimes our brains can be too smart for their own good, overanalysing visual information that often leads to mind-melting effects. Made to amaze and confuse, even ...