35 Perplexing Optical Illusions That Bent Our Minds This Week (December 5, 2024)

Iโ€™ve always been obsessed with puzzles and optical illusionsโ€”thereโ€™s just something so satisfying about tricking your brain and trying to figure out whatโ€™s really going on.

This week, I came across some mind-bending optical illusions that had me staring at my screen like a kid with one of those Magic Eye posters again.

These illusions will twist your perception, challenge your reality, and leave you wondering how the heck they even work.

Hereโ€™s a collection of the coolest ones that bent our minds this week.

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4. All 4 balls are the same color.

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6. The color of the center square of these 2 cubes is the same.

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7. These are all straight lines.

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8. There is no red in this pic. It’s only blue, black, and white. Your brain fills in the red. Zoom in to check.

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10. A wall of circles.

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13. Go ahead, find the curved line.

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16. Which one is leaning more? They’re actually the same picture.

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28. In or out? The photos on the left and right are actually identical, but just rotated.

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31. Squint and his mouth opens.

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