Once you’ve adapted to the false color image, you should be able to see the black-and-white image in full color when it switches back. It’s a clever trick, but there’s some real science ...

The McCullough effect was discovered by a psychologist in Canada in 1965, and explained by Tom Scott in a video on YouTube. It involves staring at a coloured image (shown).

In fact this is a black and white image which uses a method to trick your brain. Once you find out how it is done, the colour begins draining away. For optical illusion is created by printing ...

Science; Optical illusions; Optical illusion tricks your brain into thinking black and white photo is colour The illusion features a photo of several people, and appears to be in colour.

Lifestyle; Puzzles; Baffling optical illusion tricks the mind into seeing black and white photo in colour - can you spot why? The exhibit called The Girl with a Pearl Earring has left people ...

If you stare at the dot in the middle of the picture for long enough, your eyes should be able to perceive the image in full color once it switches back to black-and-white.