New optical illusion takes the internet by storm

  • 11/04/2018
New optical illusion takes the internet by storm
Photo credit: Reddit / NightBreeze13

It's been years since the photo of that white and gold dress (or is it blue and black?) split internet users 50-50, causing fierce debate throughout the world about its true colours.

The internet has continued to love a good optical illusion in the time since, with countless revisions of the original post being shared across the web.

While many of those weren't that impressive, there are still a few floating around that are genuinely mind-blowing - and the below is one of those.

New optical illusion takes the internet by storm
Photo credit: Reddit / NightBreeze13

Apparently, if you stare hard enough at one point on this image, all the colours disappear. That's right - it will go completely blank.

While the image has just gone viral thanks to it being posted on social media site Reddit, the optical illusion has actually been around for a long time.

This particular one was founded by Swiss doctor Ignaz Paul Vital Troxler in 1804, and is known as Troxler's fading.

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