watercolor illusion

noun

An optical illusion in which a white area takes on a pale tint of a thin, bright, intensely colored polygon surrounding it if the coloured polygon is itself surrounded by a thin, darker border.

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Meanings

nounwatercolor illusion (plural watercolor illusions)

plural watercolor illusions

  1. An optical illusion in which a white area takes on a pale tint of a thin, bright, intensely colored polygon surrounding it if the coloured polygon is itself surrounded by a thin, darker border.
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