Subjective Triangles

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Title Subjective Triangles
Creator G. Kanizsa
Description In each figure you see a white triangle which lies atop disks and lines. Each triangle has a clear border and is brighter than the background. But these triangles which are evident to you, are invisible to a photometer or images scanner- neither will detect the borders of the triangle nor the increased brightness of its interior, and no change in pixel values, since the triangle is entirely your construction.
Subject Optical Art
Creation Date 1955 CE
Classes ART 3010: The Language of Color
Source Visual Intelligence: How We Create What We See, by Donald D. Hoffman. Norton & Co., New York, 1998.
Work ID 11152
Rights Digital Image Copyright University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s6g76rk8
Setname uu_aah_art
ID 36559
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6g76rk8
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