The confetti illusion

David Novick; Akiyoshi Kitaoka

doi:10.47691/joi.v2.6152

David Novick Department of Engineering Education and Leadership, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3405-4627
Akiyoshi Kitaoka College of Comprehensive Psychology, Ritsumeikan University, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2960-8963

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47691/joi.v2.6152

Keywords: Color illusion, Color assimilation, Color contrast, Munker illusion, Additive color mixing

Abstract

The Munker illusion, which produces two apparently different hues from a base color, can be extended to multiple apparent colors. By having foreground stripes in more than two colors, it is possible to create multiple foreground colors that lead to multiple apparent hues in the base objects. This technique works well for three colors and can be extended to four, six, and even ten colors.

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