The Illusion That Broke the Internet

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Recently, Billie Eilish broke the internet by showing her pink and white shoes—only she was saying that they weren’t actually those colours. We’ve all seen #thedress and have experienced weird colour illusions - but how does it work? Why does our brain insist on seeing certain colours? Let’s get into it.

Special thanks to Beau Lotto for letting us use his images on colour illusions.

[Billie Eilish and Her Shoes]
https://www.instagram.com/billieeilish/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb5H_bwDrwE
https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a34414331/billie-eilish-nike-sneakers-the-dress-illusion-explained/

[The Dress]
https://twitter.com/i/events/671740521979748352
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2015/dec/22/thedress-internet-divided-cecilia-bleasdale-black-blue-white-gold
https://bzfd.it/2KsdHcn
https://www.romanoriginals.co.uk/thedress

[The Vans Sneakers]
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/people-cant-shoes-grey-teal-mint-pink-white_n_59e0bcc7e4b04d1d51811f2b
https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/pink-and-white-teal-and-gray-viral-vans-sneakers-color-expert-explains-why-1203348226/
https://twitter.com/i/events/918790330492833792
https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/news/a17880/vans-viral-picture-the-dress-what-colour-news/

[Colour Illusions Explained]
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(15)00594-1
https://www.wired.com/2015/02/science-one-agrees-color-dress/
https://jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2648029
http://www.labofmisfits.com/

[Other Sources]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aAwttUhnuE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qap5aO4i9A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJBfn07gZ30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se7wOprxRGs

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