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15 cool word illusions

If you're a regular visitor (reader) of my blog, you'll probably know that I really like optical illusions. Here's another article about this phenomenon, now it's all about optical illusions with words.

I'll start off with a classic. Check out the following image.

Name the color

Say aloud the ink color of each word. How quickly can you do it? Did you slow down?

The next one is a really cool wedding card. When the card is closed, you'll see the name of the bride. When opened, the name of the groom will appear. Can you discover the names of the newly weds?

Names on a wedding card

This one is pretty strange. Just look at the words below. Doesn't make any sense, does it? Now sit back and try to read the text. The text will explain itself.

First and last only matter

What do you read here? Most people will read evil, but some will see the good in life at the first time.

Good or evil

Somewhat simular to the previous illusion. When you don't see the womans reflection in the mirror, you'll read hate. But when you see her reflection, you'll see her true self.

Hate or love

When looking at the following illusion, you'll probably read the word Life. But when you look closer, you'll see the characters are pretty messed up.

Life

Another double word illusion. Most people will see the word "Me" in brown directly. Only few will think about others the first time and see the other word.

Me and You

The following illusion looks like a couple of blocks don't doing anything. Can you see the words within these blocks? Try closing your eyes just a little bit, looking through your eyelashes.

No sex

This is a double word illusion that fits exactly in this topic. Which two words are spelled here?

Optical Illusion

Read the text in the triangle below out lout.

Paris Springtime

Did you read I love Paris in the springtime? If so, you're wrong. Look again and check what is really spelled.


In this illusion you'll read the word Teach and the reflection of it. Can you read the second word (the reflection) too?

Teach or Learn

The following four illusions show faces of people. The faces are created with words, showed both sides of the person. Can you see what person it is and which words they're spelled in?

Dead or Alive

Peace or War

Threat or Pretext

Tiranny or Freedom

Bonus: FFF

Count the "F's" that are in the following text.


FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI
FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.


How many "F's" did you find?

Wrong. There are 6 F's in the text above. Read and try again.

How is this possible? Your brain isn't capable of processing the word OF. Everyone that finds the six F's at once is a genius. Three is normal, four is very rare.

Bonus 2: Face

In addition to my article about the faces everywhere illusion, here is another face. Or is it a face? Try tilting your head to the right to see the word.

Face or Liar

It starts with an "L". Can you see the word?

Thanks to the users in the comments, they placed a source where a couple of these images came from.


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sm4c   2007-11-21 16:45:40
Gravatar image good XD
funny   2009-06-02 23:02:20
Gravatar image :( i dont get the ones with the blocks
jess   2009-06-09 21:23:10
Gravatar image no sex causes bad eyes
snooch - nice   2007-11-21 17:30:30
Gravatar image the only thing is that i did not get the triangle one :(
I even counted 6 Fs :)
penus - liar   2007-11-21 18:36:54
Gravatar image there is two "the" in the phrase :evil:
Anonymous   2007-11-23 19:28:38
Gravatar image the is repeated
natural language processing in brain
addie123 - 2 thes   2007-12-16 06:06:06
Gravatar image there are two thes in before paris and on the line above it. :!:
laura   2007-12-29 09:56:40
Gravatar image the triangle one has the word "the" repeated"
Nicole - Nicole   2008-01-17 00:11:39
Gravatar image zIn the one I love paris in the spring time?

It actualy sais I love paris in the the spring time 8)
amy   2008-02-10 01:47:27
Gravatar image thank u! thank u! thank u! i finally get it now.
Katrinka - Look again   2008-01-20 16:54:00
Gravatar image you missed missed it.
Corzin   2008-01-31 05:02:13
Gravatar image the few i didnt get-that bride and groom one, and the block one
Molly   2008-03-29 13:52:34
Gravatar image It says Clair and Dave (:
Tierlyn   2008-11-04 07:34:28
Gravatar image u mean claire and dave hehe
:P
great goddess   2008-09-08 08:14:52
Gravatar image The bride and groom one said Clair and Dave, ans the block one says NO SEX CAUSES BAD EYES... you need to get laid buddy.
Paige   2008-10-01 22:37:41
Gravatar image not realy i could read it
Kirsten   2009-06-13 04:01:54
Gravatar image it says clair_e not clair
chelle - its the the   2008-04-05 02:40:09
Gravatar image it doesnt say "i love paris in the spring time" it says "i love paris in THE THE springtime".....took me a minute to c it too.
Tom - hehe   2008-05-03 22:32:04
Gravatar image I also counted 6 F's but my english is rather bad, it might be cause i dont know english well.
Nick   2008-06-04 11:42:46
Gravatar image It's precisely because your English is not so bad that you chose to ignore the 'of's in the text. Your brain *knows* they are there so it doesn't stop to think about them. You were probably much more interested in not getting caught out by the f in 'fic'!
Anonymous   2008-08-02 05:07:17
Gravatar image <img src=ide:' /> um there was 2 "thes" in it and most people didnt realize it lol :P
lil - triangle one   2008-08-13 17:15:57
Gravatar image theres to the's so its says I Love Paris is the THE springtime
Lol_LOCKS   2008-10-06 21:43:21
Gravatar image If your really observant you would realize there are two 'the's in the springtime]

I love Paris in the the springtime.....if you dont belieave me scroll up and check :) :idea:
maniamaniamanianma   2008-10-06 21:44:59
Gravatar image I lvoe paris in the the springtime....

If your really observant you would realize it has two the's...yes I know omg!
uhlyssuh - the triangle one   2008-11-03 17:00:34
Gravatar image lol yea if u look at the triangle one, try looking T EACH WORD, one at a time, while pointing to the words as u say it.. you'll notice the word the is in it twice.. lol
alisha - ...   2009-02-16 00:00:21
Gravatar image the triangle one sez the word > THE < twice read it again it sez " I LOVE PARIS IN THE THE SPRINGTIME ".
Anonymous   2009-05-20 15:45:40
Gravatar image there are 2 occurences of "the"
Kirsten   2009-06-13 03:59:46
Gravatar image it had two the's instead of just one
rus   2007-11-21 18:13:47
Gravatar image the triangle one says 'i love paris in the the springtime.' most people combine the two 'the's.
booya - don't get it   2007-11-21 18:41:57
Gravatar image so both the bride and grooms name are Dave? If there was another name to be read, it wasn't obvious. I'm not aware of any form of a "v" that has any symbols above it (umlaut, circumflex, dot, etc...)
Stumbler - re: don't get it   2007-11-21 18:51:00
Gravatar image
booya wrote:
so both the bride and grooms name are Dave? If there was another name to be read, it wasn't obvious. I'm not aware of any form of a "v" that has any symbols above it (umlaut, circumflex, dot, etc...)


Her name is Claire
ghjghgh - dudes...   2007-11-23 20:21:33
Gravatar image the bride is claire and the groom is dave
tina   2008-01-15 03:56:02
Gravatar image ya the girls name is claire the guys name is dave
Jliles   2007-11-28 01:26:41
Gravatar image It was Clair, but the common spelling of the name would be Claire. That's what threw me.
some kid - no title   2007-12-04 19:34:26
Gravatar image ... it says "Claire"...
Mike - Leviathan   2007-12-06 21:29:40
Gravatar image Claire
Anonymous   2007-12-15 21:53:14
Gravatar image Clair was the other name
Angel   2007-12-17 10:08:39
Gravatar image Te brides name was Claire
Anonymous   2007-12-21 01:14:48
Gravatar image it was Claire and Dave
ninja   2008-03-23 11:27:42
Gravatar image the grooms name is Dave, and the bride's name is Daire (i think). LOOK CLOSELY!
ninja   2008-03-23 11:30:05
Gravatar image i meant claire
me   2008-07-21 06:33:55
Gravatar image wow i like how when someone doesnt get one people go on saying the same thing over and over again."its claire its claire.......and so on" we get it!it says claire and dave!
Raffaele   2007-11-21 18:52:50
Gravatar image I love paris in the the Springtime
Joseph - I loved it   2007-11-21 19:06:29
Gravatar image I loved it. I loved it. I gotta say I loved it. :lol:
a   2007-11-21 19:37:36
Gravatar image Dave and Claire
Riftripper6 - Hmm...   2007-11-21 19:41:30
Gravatar image Some of these are ok, but most of them are really old or just not very good and a lot of them were copied.

:confused:
Marco - Thank you for source   2007-11-22 08:53:50
Gravatar image Old doesn't mean that they're not good anymore.

Thank you for adding a source: Most of these images came from a "forwarding" mail of my friend, so I didn't know the source. I've added it to the article.
blam - Osama   2007-11-21 20:46:03
Gravatar image -spelt tyranny wrong
suedehead - meaning...   2007-11-22 10:21:57
Gravatar image Don't be so petty, they were created by a non English speaker. You got the message. Can you can create such incredible images, and come up with such clever ideas, while speaking Portugese? Do you even get it or are you too concerned with the rules?
philippines - spell check   2007-12-12 15:11:28
Gravatar image spelled not spelt :wink:
gothicmamma - spell check   2007-12-29 11:38:07
Gravatar image
Quote:
spelled not spelt

depends on what country you're from :wink:
blam - whoops   2007-11-21 20:46:53
Gravatar image wasn't the Osama one
Keedo - Wow   2007-11-21 23:33:27
Gravatar image The F's thing was really cool, I studied it quite long, because I already suspected there'd more F's in it. But still I only counted 3 <img src=hock:' />
Jeremy - I'm A "F" *KING GENIUS!   2007-11-25 03:47:09
Gravatar image I counted all six the first time round :idea:
Bob Holness - Yeah?   2007-11-26 11:32:33
Gravatar image No, that just means you are autistic.
Jliles   2007-11-28 01:29:55
Gravatar image Being a genius doesn't make you intelligent or wise.
Mike - Leviathan   2007-12-06 21:31:13
Gravatar image I counted 4 the first time. I'm like almost smart or something.
X Sharpie X1 - I also counted 4 the first time   2008-06-13 19:19:43
Gravatar image B) I also counted 4 the first time ... Sweet Im Rare.

Any girls want me?
philippines - no legend   2007-12-12 15:14:56
Gravatar image i counted 5 f's..what does that make me?figured out the "of" thing, but still missed one!alam ko matalino ako...lolz!mabuhay ang pilipinas!
Lys - Me too!   2007-12-19 19:52:57
Gravatar image I did too. I was quite proud of myself. :D
danny - same!   2008-01-03 11:28:18
Gravatar image yah what does that mean cuz i got five so were smart i guess
yogurt   2007-11-21 23:46:02
Gravatar image English isn't my first language, maybe that's why I've counted 6 F the first time.
john - good point   2007-11-22 00:45:26
Gravatar image That's really likely. English speakers miss the 'of's because we learn to stop seeing 'of' as a construction in itself and more as a building block. There's probably a similar trick in your native language that might get you (or not, now you know how it works...)