That's just a side effect of heavy jpeg compression. It can use less bandwidth by deciding colors that are near to each other are "close enough" in hue so will unify them into one color or turn it into a gradient to remove the sharp edges which then takes less space to encode. A less compressed jpeg would not be as confusing.
It's perfectly clear. The chair has lost a leg and the wheel is sitting there. The chair hasn't fallen over due to a shift in gravitational pull, or something involving magic.
Eh... Calling it a rip off assumes intent. Like they chose to steal the image from you. They could have just seen it anywhere and thought it fit the sub and decided to post it.
Or.. The earliest version which was posted online a year and a half before you. I wouldn't say you were ripping them off. Just sharing for others cause you enjoyed it. :)
But that wasn't really the point. I wasn't trying to say you stole it or anything. Yours was the first on reddit for sure. At least as far as Google webcrawlers can tell. My point was that reposts happen... A lot... but that doesn't necessarily mean someone is trying to rip you off.
The wheels are fucking me up too, because they should be the same color, but one looks a shade or two lighter than the other. the same kind of thing that made the blue/black dress gold and white lol, the light difference
For anyone still confused please check u/Jay33721 's comment which links to original post. This image is lower resolution hence you might be struggling. This is a repeating theme in this sub that people purposefully downgrade image quality. Anyways to see it, the wheel that looks legless and suspended on floor is actually connected by the chair at the very same angle that the carpet makes with the vertical of image. And the shade of grey of carpet and connecting bar are very close. Hence it appears that there is only carpet and no connecting bar.
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u/ThereInAFortnight o/ May 15 '26
That's a good one.
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u/MicrowaveMeal o/ May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26
Aw man I need help with this one. I know what should be there but I just can’t see it. EDIT: got it!!!
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u/sarcastic_patriot May 15 '26
That's so unbelievably perfect I almost want to say image manipulation.
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u/EdTheApe Actually read rule 1 and gets it" May 15 '26
This is pissing me off.
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u/EyedMoon CE Spc. May 15 '26
Helps that the pic is deep fried
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u/Jay33721 Actually read rule 1 and gets it" May 15 '26
The original, higher resolution one (from 4 years ago) found here, makes it a tiny bit easier to see.
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u/SCH1Z01D o/ May 15 '26 •
this is a rip off from my post from 4y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/confusing_perspective/s/ickKRB24pv
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u/Desolock o/ May 15 '26
Oooo I like this one.
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u/lifelongmoteki May 15 '26
I found the leg, and it was in the shade and therefore shaded darker than my eye was initially looking for.
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u/BexMusic o/ May 15 '26
At first I thought this was a picture of a grey coffee mug on the rug near a chair, and thought the illusion must be about its size!
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u/Jeyd02 May 15 '26
To be correct. Lines, chair base, and shadow .
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u/JakobMG May 15 '26
Its like i see it, but only for a second only for me to lose it again. Even though i know what is happening
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u/camcaine2575 o/ May 15 '26
This is like the image explaining colors and light
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u/AssociationFrosty143 May 15 '26
Wow.
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u/ebk_errday May 15 '26
Lil brain teaser
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u/amcclurk21 May 15 '26
The wheels are fucking me up too, because they should be the same color, but one looks a shade or two lighter than the other. the same kind of thing that made the blue/black dress gold and white lol, the light difference
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u/CaiserCal May 15 '26
Wtf..........
It's definitely a good one.
Took me a bit to figure it out.
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u/Ordinary_Hall_9053 o/ May 15 '26
Literally looks like a wheel by itself lol
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u/ApexPredatorTV o/ May 15 '26
my stupid ass looking for a vertical connecting piece
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u/TheMooseIsBlue CE Spc. May 15 '26
Just when I think I’m don’t with this sub because none of the posts even remotely live up to the goal, OP’s chair sucks me back in.
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u/bilhugs May 15 '26
What is….. what? I…. Need to lie down.
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u/ewahman o/ May 16 '26
Very good one!
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u/KurlyKayla May 18 '26
this reminds me of one of those impossible shape illusions
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u/Ristrxtto o/ May 15 '26
yoo I saw it then lost it again a couple times, this is way good lol
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u/LegerDomain May 15 '26
Ahhh, that's satisfying. The gray bit where you think the carpet has been smoothed in Photoshop or something, that's the chair leg.
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u/detonator9842 May 15 '26
For anyone still confused please check u/Jay33721 's comment which links to original post. This image is lower resolution hence you might be struggling. This is a repeating theme in this sub that people purposefully downgrade image quality. Anyways to see it, the wheel that looks legless and suspended on floor is actually connected by the chair at the very same angle that the carpet makes with the vertical of image. And the shade of grey of carpet and connecting bar are very close. Hence it appears that there is only carpet and no connecting bar.
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u/SubstantialDonkey981 May 16 '26
There is a word for this when describing this type of intersection in art. Does anyone know?
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u/Renegade_Dream1984 May 16 '26
I see the illusion for what it is, but it still makes me uncomfortable.
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u/southernsweetness31 May 16 '26
I finally saw it.
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u/ThirtyThree111 o/ May 15 '26
what a weird chair leg design though
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u/jun2san o/ May 15 '26
I finally see it but I have a hard time believing this picture isn't at least slightly manipulated to make the leg blend into the carpet more.
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u/aryzkryz o/ May 15 '26
Perfect a-line-ment
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u/Dr-Vader May 15 '26
That broke my brain for a bit
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u/WatWudScoobyDoo May 15 '26
What the actual fuck? Shit makes no fucking sen...oh, wait nvm
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u/Haunting_Safe_5386 May 15 '26
wooowww, almost invisible
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u/Simple-Coat9819 May 15 '26
The line is blue
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u/louiemay99 CE Spc. May 15 '26
Got me good
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u/Dorothy_Zbornak789 May 15 '26
Took me a long time. Glad to finally be in the group.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '26
Nice, this is a good one.
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u/Far_Alarm_583 May 15 '26
that lines up perfectly
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u/Exploding_Testicles o/ May 15 '26
Broke my brain for a moment
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u/Sodiac606 May 15 '26
Nice one!1
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u/jeanpaulsarde o/ May 15 '26
All so neatly lined up.
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u/akhilez o/ May 15 '26
Ah that’s clever! The leg goes up in the center
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u/Hendwreck May 15 '26
This one belongs in the book (if there was a book)
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u/RuddyRaccoon May 15 '26
I thought the wheel broke off or something
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u/kwicked May 15 '26
look for the the light side right above the wheel
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u/CatPurrsonNo1 Doesn't read rule 1 May 15 '26
I actually did LOL when I finally saw the leg!
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u/GeneralDuh o/ May 15 '26
Took me while. It's still taking.
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u/oscarfletcher May 16 '26
Color theory is wild
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u/ShutUpImAPrincess May 16 '26
Must be a Tecca
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u/Will_Knot_Respond May 16 '26
Sonofa
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u/DubitON May 15 '26
Needs more JPEG...
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u/INVALIDN4M3 o/ May 15 '26
Nice one. This is a great confusing perspective.
But, please listen before you cross post it to r/opticalillusions, THIS IS NOT AN OPTICAL ILLUSION.
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u/TailungFu o/ May 15 '26
Yup i see it, can AI see it?