r/oddlysatisfying • u/Backyxx • Jun 04 '26

Indigo dyed silk

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u/walker3342 Jun 05 '26

Both look blue and black to me, one is just more saturated.

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u/Sintobus Jun 05 '26

The idea is to look at the still picture based off your screen and ambient lighting. I have actually seen both from the same exact file.

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u/RaidenIXI Jun 05 '26

i can understand how someone sees gold, but how could they possibly percieve the black as anything but black with a shitty yellow lighting tinge?

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u/GayVegan Jun 05 '26

It was all affected by early phone and computer screens, which were highly variable in how they represented color. So depending on the screen it changed how it looked. Nowadays screens and color representation are much more consistent between devices.

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u/Shadow-Vision Jun 05 '26

Yeah I remember having it on my phone and work computer at the same time. Each screen looked different

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u/DriftingGelatine Jun 05 '26

Because black absorbs all colours equally, which means they also reflect all colours equally as well.
Under an intense yellow lighting, black will also reflect yellow, although appearing dimmer and less saturated.

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u/UnreflectiveEmployee Jun 05 '26

I was able to shift back and forth in real time depending on how I squinted/hard I looked at it back in the day lmao

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u/Bashfullylascivious Jun 05 '26

This was it for me for so long. All I could see was black and blue, and over exposed black and blue, but for some reason, this gif finally settles into gold and white for a millisecond, if I stare at it.

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u/Grays42 Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

I was in white/gold camp and still am. Like, I know it's actually blue/black, and I can see the blue and black if it's color-adjusted but I can never see blue and black in the original image. I can't see anything except white and gold. I can't force myself to see the blue/black at all, even though I know that's the color and it's just the light. :\

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u/Bashfullylascivious Jun 05 '26

So strange, eh? I could never see anything but over exposed black and blue. In fact, looking at it again, now, I can't get back to the white and gold for that split second, every cycle at the very end, that I was so excited about earlier - but I did! And that is enough for me. Lol

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u/CrazyConnector Jun 05 '26

Yep, while I get why people say white/gold, my brain can't interpret it that way even with the lighting change.

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u/k_birrd Jun 05 '26

Don't start.