Poker Chip Optical Illusions (2 Viewers)

[GreekRedEye]

Every time I go to CPC's website, this one gets me. Do the chips in the 1000 stack looked "squished" to any of you? I thought for a while the designer had messed up, but I finally dragged it into Illustrator today and, yep, those lines are straight!

The question is, does this same illusion happen in real life? Anyone got a stack of these and can snap a photo?

 

[ovo]

maybe the resolution of the monitor

 

[HeWhoWouldPun]

Do the chips in the 1000 stack looked "squished" to any of you? I thought for a while the designer had messed up, but I finally dragged it into Illustrator today and, yep, those lines are straight!

They looked "squished" to me also on chip number 3, 4, 5 from the bottom on the right hand side of the stack. Weird.

 

[GreekRedEye]

maybe the resolution of the monitor

So you don't see it?

 

[chippitydoodah]

 

[ovo]

So you don't see it?

I do

 

[Benjaminotaur]

My eyes are definitely falling for whatever trick is being presented. Chips # 3 - 5 from the bottom are “wedging”, leaning to the right. Furthermore, if I let my eyes float after seeing the wedge, chip # 6 and 2 (and #1 to a lesser extent) lean to the left.

I thing it has something to do with the 3 like colored spots being offset in that “parenthetical” pattern with the equally spaced and sized spots so close on the left and right that alternate colors on the 8A14. I doubt it would happen with a 6A14, 614, or 814.

I would also guess the hovering chip facing the viewer somehow affects the illusion, because none of the chips above #6 look askew. I wonder if the circular pattern is affecting the illusion, or if any shape that disrupted the horizontal break between chips would affect the same outcome. The hovering aspect to the illusion could make it more difficult to recreate the illusion

In any case, I enjoyed waking up and immediately having my brain broken

 

[TheRealTeddyKGB]

If you spin & flip some chips this goes away but yes it's just an illusion.

 

[Santa123]

Thats one of many illusions that only work in 2D.

 

[GreekRedEye]

I feel like at least one of the following three things should come true:

1. Folks start recreating famous optical illusions with poker chips and post them in this thread.
2. This spawns a new optical illusion chipset design.
3. @David Spragg announces that I found the secret Easter egg, hidden for years. The grand prize is a free custom set made on the Ewing mold.

 

[GreekRedEye]

In any case, I enjoyed waking up and immediately having my brain broken

My work is done for the day.

 

[Colquhoun]

The poker chip illusion that I fall for most…is the one where it appears that I have all the chips I’ll ever need.

 

[Tonysquander]

does this same illusion happen in real life

Yes, I see it sometimes on barrels I have.

 

[GreekRedEye]

Working on a file and happened upon another one. Which color is darker, line A or line B?

 

[chippitydoodah]

Which arrow is darker? Under A or under B?

 

[chippitydoodah]

Which letter is darker? A or B?

 

[GreekRedEye]

Which green line is darker? The lines flanking the yellow stripe.

 

[Benjaminotaur]

Which green line is darker? The lines flanking the yellow stripe.

What is they’re the same, Alex

I’ll take poker chip illusions for $800

 

[GreekRedEye]

What is they’re the same, Alex

I’ll take poker chip illusions for $800

To my eye, they looked different. a) looks lighter than b). But it is one stroke of one color on the outside of the yellow path. I think the pink arrows actually break the illusion a little bit. Here is another shot of the thing without the arrows.

 

[Taghkanic]

To my eye, they looked different. a) looks lighter than b). But it is one stroke of one color on the outside of the yellow path. I think the pink arrows actually break the illusion a little bit. Here is another shot of the thing without the arrows.

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Abutting colors change the perception of each other.

 

[chippitydoodah]

 

[chippitydoodah]

Same

 

[Colquhoun]

One optical illusion is that colored type always looks darker than the same color spread over a larger area.
That’s why I always need to edit the color of type when it is supposed to match a chip color, going sometimes two shades lighter to make it look right.

 

[GreekRedEye]

One optical illusion is that colored type always looks darker than the same color spread over a larger area.
That’s why I always need to edit the color of type when it is supposed to match a chip color, going sometimes two shades lighter to make it look right.

Good pro tip there!