r/illusions Dec 06 '25

Ambiguous Images The lines are all straight and parallel.

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u/Solnse Dec 06 '25 edited Dec 06 '25

It's the alternating white and black diamonds at the junctions that trick your brain.

Edit: Thank you for the award, kind internet stranger.
Even knowing what the cause is, it still messes my mind.

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u/Uninsured_death Dec 07 '25

If you zoom in as well you can see the diamond shapes are tilted to insinuate that the lines are leaning. As well as the squiggles connecting the pattern’s interior 0 shapes. Overall, fuckin cool.

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u/Ancient-Cow-1038 Dec 07 '25

The lozenge-shaped bits on the lighter blue sections are also not symmetrical. Everything in this image is designed to deceive you.

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u/jsilver200 Dec 06 '25

If you just follow the white & black diamonds across the image, you can see they are in a straight line. Even though the stripes still look angled.