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📣 irthomasthomas

Chromostereopsis – Do you see the red as in front of green, or behind?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromostereopsis#/media/File:Chromostereopsis_-_3_Layers_of_depths_%22Rivers,_Valleys_&_Mountains%22.jpg

Chromostereopsis is the human perception of different colors seeming at different depths.

I recently noticed that I view the order of color-depth differently to everyone else (thanks to Manjoro's color scheme). But, I wondered, how many others, like me, are out there?

Even in the example I linked, which has additional hints to depth, I see it differently. And it's not subtle, it's a very strong effect. I've even tried staring at it for ages, like some magic eye picture, or one of those illusions where you can invert the depth, trying to will my perception to change. No good.


  👤 retrac Accepted Answer ✓
Well, I converted the image to greyscale and I have to say the additional hints are not particularly subtle. Because I still see the implied depth quite clearly: https://i.imgur.com/SxnZiwq.png It is a little more obvious in colour, but not strikingly. Though I saw it in colour first, so maybe I was primed.

👤 sp332
The red is definitely in front at first, but if I stare at any of the colors I can move them to the front.