Optical illusions are interesting, to say the least, and some of them can really make us question everything that we have known up until that point.
Perhaps that is why so many people are talking about a recent optical illusion put together by professors Pascal Wallisch and Michael Karlovich.
As far as Crocs are concerned, most people would consider them to be a fashion statement but that doesn’t necessarily mean that everybody is going to agree on the choice to wear them. That is especially true when it comes to the way they are presented in the following video.
When you first see the video, you see a pair of Crocs, one green pair, and one pink pair. When a green light is used to light up the Crocs, the shoes suddenly turn gray but the socks the person is wearing are green.
The big question is, are you looking at pink crocs or green crocs when looking at them under a green light?
Check out the video below and see for yourself:
Most people say that they are looking at green crocs but when the lights are changed, you find out that you are looking at pink shoes.
This is explained by the professors, that when looking at pink objects under a green light, they will appear gray but white objects will turn green. This could change the way that you look at color perception.
There are some who are able to look beyond what they are seeing and make the distinction, even if the Crocs do appear to be gray.
In the video above, the professor said: “Under normal lighting conditions, all people see the Crocs as pink. When put under green light, most people see the same Crocs as gray. However, some people — those that believe the socks are white, even though they appear green — are able to look past appearances and see the Crocs as pink, just like they did under regular light.”
Perhaps this will bring back to mind that there was something similar that circulated in 2015. It was an optical illusion that involve the color of a dress:
Many people saw the dress as being black and blue but others saw gold and white. Which do you see when you look at the video?
Wallisch was interviewed in 2017, according to the New York Post, saying that we often make assumptions about the color of the dress, but it really has to do with our perception.
He said that those who thought the dress was taken in a shadow saw gold and white. Those who thought that it was taken in artificial light were more likely to see it as black and blue.