Why Your Brain Thinks These Strawberries Are Red | Science Of Illusions | WIRED

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Published 2019-09-24
What is color constancy and how does it trick our brain into seeing colors that aren't really there? WIRED's Robbie Gonzalez and neuroscientist David Eagleman use ambiguous photographs and giant props to explain light, color and the science of illusions.

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All Comments (21)
  • @bezimen1
    what color are the strawberries? -They're red. Well acutally they are gray. Let me explain. -This is why you don't get invited anywhere, John.
  • @niiwo
    WIRED: "why does your brain think these strawberries are red?" me, an intellectual: "because they are red"
  • @megadalton3006
    Him: has been showing red shapes for the last five minutes Also him: How does your brain know they are red even if you didn't see them before?
  • @vastoform
    Plot Twist: They are Red but he is lying to you.
  • @alanfuad__
    Plot twist: The video is actually in black and white
  • @carissap909
    they’re just aggressively agreeing with each other and i’m living for it
  • @undead9999
    Someone: I only trust what my eyes can see. Me: shows this video
  • @illuminant-
    “Why You think strawberry’s are red” ” I Don’t Need Sleep, I Need Answers”
  • @LilAnnThrax
    I read this as “why your brain thinks strawberries are real” like strawberries in general. I thought this was going to be a very different video.
  • @emilyjanet455
    Ok when they moved the cubes on top of each other it was like the paper changed color all of a sudden and 😲
  • @christyho5231
    “it’s gray and teal” “it’s pink and white” “it’s gray and SEA FOAM GREEN”
  • @lillyc9283
    “You have no prior memory” You literally just showed it me.
  • @P_Fminecraft
    Nobody: 99% of the comment section: I'm actually colorblin-
  • @Twist3dLogic
    I don't know about the rest of you, but dem 'paper strawberries' were definitely pink... ¬_¬;
  • @bukachell
    4:20 I dunno man, the shapes do be looking kinda grey though