Is it there or not?

WillowTheWhisp · 22-07-2005, 23:57

First of all you see a series of pink dots flashing on nd off in a circle.
Look at the cross in the middle of the circle.

Now do you see a green dot? Eventually the pink dots will disappear until all that is there is the green dot - or is it?

Doug · 23-07-2005, 00:15

Yes it works Willow and I feel like a very sick Doug. Thanks for that, not so good on a Friday night me thinks....lol, Oh dear.

harwood red · 23-07-2005, 00:47

ooo eck, belly full of beer and now green dots before my eyes, tis not good!!!!

staggeringman · 23-07-2005, 01:03

you should have had a few more what colour did you say?

harwood red · 23-07-2005, 01:48

not sure what I'm seeing anymore, maybe I should head for my pit and have another look in the morning

Gayle · 23-07-2005, 07:13

That could send you crazy

Tinkerbelle · 23-07-2005, 10:17

FREAKY

!!!!

MUMMIBOO · 23-07-2005, 19:45

I kept trying to catch it out but it's just not possible hee hee!!

Thanks willow.

janet · 24-07-2005, 09:59

Brilliant Willow, how does it work?

WillowTheWhisp · 24-07-2005, 16:09

It's something to do with the "after image" left by the pink.

You know when you stare at something for a long time and then look at a blank wall you see a negative version of the thing you were staring at? This works on the same principle with the green being the "negative" of the pink. But at the same time your eyes also get tired of seeing the same thing all the time and start to ignore it so the pink dots disappear into the grey background. It's only the changeing bit which you end up still seeing (the bit where the dot disappears) so you see that but you see the "negative" version of it. So it looks like a green dot going round in circles instead of a circle of pink dots with different ones disappearing one after the other.

I hope that makes sense. I'm a bit woolly at explaining things today.

baby boo · 27-07-2005, 20:21

that is great wierd but great!