Etymology

White's illusion

Today it means: 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. Full definition →

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The story

Named after Michael White.

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