White's illusions

A form of White's illusion — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of White's illusion
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