How Do Artists Make Colors Appear to Move?

Colors can look like they're moving when artists use special patterns. Imagine you’re looking at a striped shirt that’s spinning, it might seem like the colors are blending or shifting. Artists do something similar on paper using lines and shapes so cleverly placed that your brain thinks the colors are moving even when they aren’t.

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Examples

  1. A picture of black and white stripes that looks like it's spinning.
  2. An artwork where red and green lines make you feel like the colors are pulsing.
  3. A poster with small shapes that look like they’re flickering when you move your head.

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