#separator:tab #html:false #tags column:4 Optical illusion A picture that tricks your eyes or brain fun-optical-illusions-magic Muller-Lyer illusion Two lines look different lengths because of the arrow ends, but they are the same fun-optical-illusions-magic Ponzo illusion Two same-size lines look different when placed between converging lines fun-optical-illusions-magic Ebbinghaus illusion A circle looks bigger or smaller depending on the circles around it fun-optical-illusions-magic Rubin vase An image that looks like a vase or two faces fun-optical-illusions-magic Duck-rabbit A drawing that can look like a duck or a rabbit fun-optical-illusions-magic Necker cube A line cube that seems to flip which face is in front fun-optical-illusions-magic Penrose triangle An impossible triangle that cannot exist in real life fun-optical-illusions-magic Penrose stairs An endless staircase that always goes up, impossible in real life fun-optical-illusions-magic Cafe wall illusion Straight lines look tilted because of shifted black and white tiles fun-optical-illusions-magic Hermann grid Gray dots seem to appear where white lines cross fun-optical-illusions-magic Checker shadow illusion Two squares look different but are the same shade fun-optical-illusions-magic Afterimage Staring at a color and looking away shows the opposite color fun-optical-illusions-magic Stroop effect It is hard to say the color of ink when the word names another color fun-optical-illusions-magic Troxler fading Staring makes things in your side vision fade fun-optical-illusions-magic Motion illusion A still picture seems to move fun-optical-illusions-magic Moon illusion The Moon looks bigger near the horizon than high in the sky fun-optical-illusions-magic Mirage A trick of light that makes water seem to appear on hot ground fun-optical-illusions-magic Camouflage Blending in so you are hard to see fun-optical-illusions-magic Forced perspective Using distance to make something look bigger or smaller in a photo fun-optical-illusions-magic Impossible object A drawing that looks real but cannot be built as drawn fun-optical-illusions-magic Hidden image A picture hidden in another picture fun-optical-illusions-magic Stereogram (Magic Eye) A flat picture that shows 3D shapes when you relax your eyes fun-optical-illusions-magic Blind spot The small spot in your vision where the optic nerve leaves the eye fun-optical-illusions-magic Persistence of vision Why a quick series of pictures looks like movement fun-optical-illusions-magic Flipbook Pages of drawings that make movement when flipped fast fun-optical-illusions-magic Zoetrope A spinning drum that makes pictures appear to move fun-optical-illusions-magic Illusion of size Same-size objects look different because of surroundings fun-optical-illusions-magic Sleight of hand Using fast, clever hand moves to fool the eye fun-optical-illusions-magic Misdirection Drawing attention away from the secret move fun-optical-illusions-magic Prestidigitation A fancy word for magic done with the hands fun-optical-illusions-magic Illusionist A magician who performs large tricks fun-optical-illusions-magic Magician's assistant A helper on stage in a trick fun-optical-illusions-magic Wand A thin stick magicians wave fun-optical-illusions-magic Top hat A tall hat from which rabbits seem to appear fun-optical-illusions-magic Abracadabra A magic word said before a trick fun-optical-illusions-magic Presto A word magicians say when the trick is done fun-optical-illusions-magic Patter The words a magician says during a trick fun-optical-illusions-magic The reveal The moment when the trick is shown fun-optical-illusions-magic The prestige The final surprising part of a trick fun-optical-illusions-magic Force When a magician makes you choose the card they want fun-optical-illusions-magic Palming Hiding a small object in the palm fun-optical-illusions-magic Shuffle Mixing a deck of cards fun-optical-illusions-magic Card trick A trick done with playing cards fun-optical-illusions-magic Coin trick A trick where a coin seems to vanish or move fun-optical-illusions-magic Rope trick A trick with a rope that seems to cut and join fun-optical-illusions-magic Mind reading act A show that seems to guess your thoughts fun-optical-illusions-magic Houdini Harry Houdini, a famous escape artist of the early 1900s fun-optical-illusions-magic Escapology The art of escaping from ropes, chains or boxes fun-optical-illusions-magic Pull a rabbit out of a hat A classic magic trick image fun-optical-illusions-magic Cut and restored rope A trick where the rope is cut and magically fixed fun-optical-illusions-magic Linking rings A trick with metal rings that join and separate fun-optical-illusions-magic Vanishing Making something seem to disappear fun-optical-illusions-magic Levitation Making something seem to float fun-optical-illusions-magic Fooled you! Good magicians never reveal their secrets fun-optical-illusions-magic Close-up magic Tricks done right in front of people at a table fun-optical-illusions-magic Stage magic Large tricks done for a big audience fun-optical-illusions-magic Street magic Magic performed for people out in public fun-optical-illusions-magic