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13 Dec 2013 07:14 #128540 by Br. John
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Which one is darker? The top or the bottom?

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13 Dec 2013 07:43 #128542 by MCSH
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My eyes insist top...

Byt both rainbow color inspector and the link disagree...

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13 Dec 2013 08:26 #128544 by
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My husband showed me this one yesterday. The top definitely looked darker, but... well I'm not gonna say and ruin it for others. Hehe...

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13 Dec 2013 09:00 #128546 by
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The excellent point speaks for itself - it's all a matter of context, a question of perspective.

At the same time, who's to say our perception (due to the context) is less valuable than the result of an objective check? It reminds me of that point Alan Watts makes - we should not isolate objects from their environments and try to examine them from a position of objectivity, because this is unrealistic, or as the early existentialists would say, 'inauthentic'. We find everything (colours, sounds, thoughts) in a context, so the context can't be inherently irrelevant.

If I look closely enough at the "greys" above I find tiny reds, greens and blues...

Our perception is one thing. The objective reality (or something closer to it) is another thing. We're wise to recognise that because our perception is immanent to us, and we have a tendency to prioritise it... but unwise to discard it altogether.

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13 Dec 2013 09:06 #128547 by
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Perspective and lighting are the right things to focus on, here. If it were a 2D object, they'd both be the same shade. But, since it's supposedly a 3D object, the top is darker.

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13 Dec 2013 11:41 - 13 Dec 2013 11:45 #128557 by
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The top or bottom of what?

I'm going out on the limb here but this looks like the...... the Ying Yang thing baby!



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13 Dec 2013 14:17 #128575 by Manu
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That's amazing!
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13 Dec 2013 14:25 #128579 by Wescli Wardest
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A good lesson in not judging or taking things at face value; or by our first impression. ;)


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13 Dec 2013 15:47 #128584 by
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Wescli Wardest wrote: A good lesson in not judging or taking things at face value
; or by our first impression


Exactly. Which top or bottom? :)

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13 Dec 2013 16:28 #128587 by
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Luthien wrote: Perspective and lighting are the right things to focus on, here. If it were a 2D object, they'd both be the same shade. But, since it's supposedly a 3D object, the top is darker.


We use these tricks in graphic design, 3D animation, and CGI all the time. You are absolutely right in observing that the lighting is what creates this effect. It is the shadow created by the apparent "curved surfaces" where the two blocks meet that causes your mind to perceive the top as darker.

The reality is something else all together...

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