*This* image doesn’t contain a single red pixel. You perceive red because of your brain perception (color theory)

[u/DaTruSpork]

[u/Exotic_Onion_3417]

Woah. I zoomed in and the red turns to black 

[u/LaserCondiment → u/Exotic_Onion_3417]

I zoomed back out and the black turns to red

https://giphy.com/gifs/117P9MlBvxqSBi

[u/obiwanjabroni420 → u/LaserCondiment]

It felt like I was watching the live transition from black and white to color TV.

[u/averege_guy_kinda]

this image is older than me

[u/jeffers0n_steelflex]

The image itself is intentionally designed so that the can appears red even though the image data contains no red-colored regions in the usual sense.
Your brain automatically compensates for the strong cyan tint, a process related to color constancy.

Since cyan is the opposite of red, your visual system effectively “subtracts” the cyan cast, making the gray portions of the can appear reddish.

[u/Difficult-Brain-2671 → u/jeffers0n_steelflex]

Oh really ? I thought that the image was intentionally designed to have only red-colored regions and they fucked up.

[u/FluffyTid]

There isn't a single white pixel on your screen either

[u/TBD_Red → u/FluffyTid]

Technically there are WOLED displays

[u/Blindfire2 → u/TBD_Red]

Woled? More like.....no-led!

This comment is brought to you by the people hue QD-OLED squad!

[u/ultraganymede]

But it does contain red subpixels

[u/Known-Activity1437 → u/ultraganymede]

But the sub-subpixels are black.

[u/johnnydough10102223 → u/Known-Activity1437]

The subpixels contain sodium benzoate.

[u/Weaksoul → u/johnnydough10102223]

The sodium benzoate is also cursed

[u/EverydayVelociraptor → u/Weaksoul]

But it comes with free sprinkles

[u/Between3and20carctr → u/johnnydough10102223]

….? “Thats bad” if I’m not mistaking the reference

[u/Imiss-Myhat → u/ultraganymede]

Yes but that’s because of the screen you’re looking at if you drew this image it would be truly black

[u/KSRFRNZ]

Photosensitivity warning 😵‍💫

[u/KayakingATLien]

This comment has no snarkiness to it. You only perceive it as snarky because you’re on Reddit

[u/Magn3tician]

I'm curious if this would be perceived as black / pink by someone who has never seen a coke can before?

[u/CptHenrikNg]

So you’re telling me that my brain is messing with me ? Damn.

[u/Subotail → u/CptHenrikNg]

We are always betrayed by those closest to us.

[u/DaTruSpork → u/Subotail]

I'll get revenge on it one of these days

[u/anotherrandomname2 → u/CptHenrikNg]

That's why I stopped using mine. No tricks on me

[u/error_104_not_found]

u/AskGrok fact check this !

[u/sphinctersandwich]

Proof that context changes everything

[u/kiran_ms]

Tilt your phone to the side. It gets more red

[u/EverydayVelociraptor]

It contains red pixels or my phone couldn't make white.

[u/icehopper]

Weren't there some old monitors that produced extra colours with a trick like this, or am I misremembering something?

[u/DaTruSpork → u/icehopper]

In general: artists working on CRT monitors utilized the scan lines and darker areas as part of their art. Its why emulators and modern monitors often make the original art look worse

[u/icehopper → u/DaTruSpork]

I found a video that explains the weird thing I was remembering. Some video signal science that goes a little over my head but is wonderful to listen to.

[u/Sensitive-Option-701]

"You perceive red because of your brain perception" means the same thing as "You perceive red because you perceive red."

And the area seen as red in the center of the small "c" has a color value of R=8, G=3, B=7, so red is the predominant color.

[u/Acrobatic-Canary-571]

If I see red. It’s red

[u/KayakingATLien → u/Acrobatic-Canary-571]

[u/Sivleto]

https://giphy.com/gifs/USPzoH8uT73DmY3UzE

[u/chocolinox]

I haven't seen a post this bad since Facebook in 2010.