starman2112 comments on Colour optical illusion

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I'll never understand how anyone can possibly see white and gold. You can literally see untinted yellow in the rest of the shop. If the dress was behind some heavy blue filter then how could the rest of the shop be such an overexposed yellow?

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[–] Zagorath 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

You can literally see untinted yellow in the rest of the shop

It's in a shop? It looks like massively blown out bright sunlight looking out through a doorway. I literally cannot comprehend the idea that anyone actually sees it as blue and black. And I've always been pretty good at being able to flip my brain to see either interpretation of other optical (and auditory) illusions.

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[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago*

Even if it was looking outside, sunlight is white. If the color temperature was so off that the sensor recorded white as blue, then sunlight would appear blue as well

Maybe this version with a minor correction to color temperature will help

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[–] spacesatan@lazysoci.al 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

Because the image is gold and a shade of blue that you can get from white if your white balance is bad enough.

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[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

But if the white balance was that far off, then the rest of the store wouldn't be that shade of yellow

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