White's illusion

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

Named after Michael White.

Noun[edit]

White's illusion (plural White's illusions)

  1. A brightness illusion in which, when certain stripes of a black-and-white grating are replaced by gray rectangles, the brightness of the rectangles appears to be closer to the brightness of the top and bottom bordering stripes.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=White%27s_illusion&oldid=77973588"