watercolor illusions

A form of watercolor illusion — 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

noun
  1. pluralplural of watercolor illusion
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