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Color
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Adapting to Color
Change your perception of color by flooding your eyes with colored light.
Aurora
A reflector stretches light from colored tiles into long bright ribbons.
Bacteriopolis
This colorful wall is a living terrarium.
Benham's Disk
The colors you see here are all in your head.
Bird in a Cage
When your eyes adapt to color, you can see things that aren’t really there.
Bright Black
Can you tell the difference between black and white?
Cafe Wall Illusion
These tiles aren't really crooked–they just look that way.
Colored Shadows
Not all shadows are black.
Disagreeing About Color
Color is in the eye of the beholder.
Distilled Light
Split light apart and put it back together again.
Fluorescent Tube
Powder inside a fluorescent tube makes invisible light visible.
Geometron
Place shapes inside the triangle to make patterns.
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