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hermatred
October 17, 2021 at 4:47 pm
Woah. Editing the colors changes the colors. Wild
Lung Boy
October 17, 2021 at 4:55 pm
It’s not edited lol..
SirYodaJedi
October 17, 2021 at 9:25 pm
@Lung Boy It is edited, lol; the whole thing is tinted light blue. The original image (which isn’t shown in this video) has actually red strawberries.
Lung Boy
October 17, 2021 at 9:39 pm
@SirYodaJedi I still don’t think that’s true but either way, the illusion/phenomenon taking place is real and the guy in the original comment is making it sound like it’s not
slorr55
October 17, 2021 at 4:57 pm
And if youve never seen strawberries before?
Andrew Griggs
October 17, 2021 at 10:16 pm
Curious how that would play out.
Jun
October 17, 2021 at 5:17 pm
It’s obviously straw-colored
Tatters Mazenski
October 17, 2021 at 5:18 pm
The physical color gray requires red. 120,120,120 is still 120 red. If it is 180,178,178 that is still a gray that is more red.
Beta Ray
October 17, 2021 at 5:30 pm
Generally speaking all fruit you buy in almost all stores start as unripe – they start with unripe (such as green apples) then use rapid ripening processes such as radiation to fast ripen the fruit (and vegetables), it would generally be impossible to get the massive amount of fruits and vegetables t o market in the ripe status.
This may vary a bit if for example a farmer picks them and sells them. But yes the photo is an illusion that tricks the eye
I'm right you're wrong
October 17, 2021 at 5:52 pm
nope, not at all.
Dave Alexander
October 17, 2021 at 5:30 pm
Wrong. The CMYK color value for gray is 0% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 0% Yellow, 50% Black.
If that image has ANY Cyan, Magenta or Yellow in it, it is NOT gray.
Use a spectrophotometer, measure it and tell us what the values are.
Guaranteed they are not 0,0,0,50 or that picture would look, um … GRAY.
Dave Alexander
October 17, 2021 at 6:13 pm
@Joshua Kallenberg Nope. Not buying it. Need the exact CMYK to say what color it is. However, being someone who works with Photoshop and color palletes every day all day, I sampled the video (which is not 100% accurate given the limitations of RGB phosphors, but is close) and that color at the tip of the strawberry is Cyan 58%, Magenta 31%, Yellow 32% and Black 1%, which makes that color Reddish Gray. Which is exactly what he was saying that color ISN’T.
Carlos
October 17, 2021 at 7:21 pm
@Dave Alexander what’s odd is the fact that before 24 seconds the picture looks like it has much more of a blueish hue, but after 24 seconds the strawberries appear much more red.
Dusty B
October 17, 2021 at 7:27 pm
@Carlos Right? I was like “kinda blueish gray I guess?”, and at the end when they cut back to the picture close up it looks red.
IDNotFound
October 17, 2021 at 7:31 pm
cool, have you personally checked if that tile isnt 0,0,0,50? if not then how can you say for sure its not grey and taht he is wrong?
Dave Alexander
October 17, 2021 at 7:44 pm
@Carlos I just sampled two areas pre- and post-24 seconds.
Pre-24 Red Part of a Strawberry is 57,32,31,1
Post-24 Red Part of a Strawberry is 51,36,38,2
Pre-24 deepest shadow in image is 82,28,41,3
Post-24 deepest shadon in image is 84,25,45,3
That means in the two images, the delta for the berry is -6C, +4M, +7Y, +1K – a lot less Cyan and a lot more Magenta and Yellow
the delta for the shadow is +2C, -3M, +4Y, 0K – more Yellow but pretty close otherwise
These fall into the parameters of JNDs (Just Noticable Differences, it’s an actual color science term you can look up), which each human distinguishes differently. That means you can see that the berries are noticebly redder after 24 seconds and many people cannot.
Kurt D
October 17, 2021 at 5:33 pm
There are FOUR LIGHTS!
kulik03
October 17, 2021 at 6:14 pm
Wait what?
Tom
October 17, 2021 at 7:11 pm
Pfft. They’re obviously white and gold.
IDNotFound
October 17, 2021 at 7:33 pm
All these people saying its not grey unless it has a certain value but never actually show proof of them selves checking the tile physically or digitally. Like what is the point of your comment, its irrelevant unless you actually make a statement about the video with it.
Frank Bob
October 17, 2021 at 7:37 pm
These scientists, have nothing better to do.
Isac Cabrera
October 17, 2021 at 10:21 pm
And your watching and commenting on it, soo.
Frank Bob
October 17, 2021 at 11:35 pm
@Isac Cabrera Is that not the point of You Tube?
Isac Cabrera
October 18, 2021 at 12:15 am
@Frank Bob well my point is you don’t gave anything better to do also apparently
Frank Bob
October 18, 2021 at 12:36 am
@Isac Cabrera And what exactly did you contribute? Argumentative?
The Chronicles of the Super Hobo Bros.
October 17, 2021 at 7:40 pm
drake will do anything for screen time these days…
trapez77
October 17, 2021 at 8:37 pm
Its red and grey mixed. obviously more grey than red but here’s still a hint of red in it
Kenn Reed
October 17, 2021 at 8:45 pm
ow.
Kimberly G.
October 17, 2021 at 9:24 pm
Hey! Vsauce. Kimberly here. The strawberries on your screen aren’t _grey_ either! /watch?v=R3unPcJDbCc
Jayson Carey
October 17, 2021 at 9:34 pm
Nope, pulled a screenshot and took a color sample. They’re still red, just very unsaturated.
Mixter Muxter
October 18, 2021 at 2:03 am
Can confirm, did the same.
This video is fake news.
D T
October 18, 2021 at 3:45 am
Fake news
Veronika Vartanova
October 18, 2021 at 10:44 am
I did that, and they all were greenish or blueish gray =/
Sketchy Tiger
October 17, 2021 at 9:39 pm
Keeping in mind colour constancy as an artist is very important, otherwise you’d never be able to get good colours and lighting. All perceived colours are relative to other colours.
Andrew Griggs
October 17, 2021 at 10:18 pm
Hold on, they have to be red. Elsewise how do you get the image? Typically can’t shoot a grey image onto a grey screen and see it. The color of the strawberries has to be there.
Sherri T[A]P Me!! To Have [S]EX With Me
October 19, 2021 at 5:51 am
This is exactly why you can’t take a photo into a paint store for a colour match.
Alec K
October 17, 2021 at 10:27 pm
GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!!!!!
squeezeslemons
October 17, 2021 at 11:19 pm
I’m even more confused
Susan S
October 17, 2021 at 11:35 pm
Whoa. Weird.
Veronika Vartanova
October 17, 2021 at 11:40 pm
The strawberries are red, this picture of those red strawberries is just somewhat desaturated. Anyone not color-blind can see that, you’re using the language wrong here.
Catherine W.
October 18, 2021 at 1:16 am
No really there is no red in the image. You can take a simple screenshot of the image and put it into any art software, no red to be found, the shades of gray are actually more blue or green leaning. Even if you apply a filter to remove all the red in the image nothing changes.
Kia- T{αα}P Me!! To F.C.K W!th Me
October 18, 2021 at 12:11 am
Hold on, they have to be red. Elsewise how do you get the image? Typically can’t shoot a grey image onto a grey screen and see it. The color of the strawberries has to be there.
The Music Book
October 18, 2021 at 10:54 am
It’s an idiot test. Congratulations, you are not an idiot. ????????
Chris U.
October 18, 2021 at 1:22 am
Haha! Thanks, internet, for showing me this for the 343,323,756th time.
D B
October 18, 2021 at 1:41 am
It’s red because our brain perceives it as red.
krishna murli
October 18, 2021 at 2:58 am
cute beagle
./.,
The Music Book
October 18, 2021 at 10:57 am
It’s red because it’s red lol
Heartwing Arts
October 18, 2021 at 2:01 am
WITCH!!!!
Mixter Muxter
October 18, 2021 at 2:03 am
Took screenshot, colour sample had 55 on red value.
FAKE NEWS.
Alan Davis
October 19, 2021 at 1:52 am
Did it have 55 on G and B too? Because the R value by itself means nothing.
Tradepaints
October 18, 2021 at 2:22 am
This is exactly why you can’t take a photo into a paint store for a colour match.
The Danzo
October 18, 2021 at 3:33 am
no, and unsubscribed
Alex Brown
October 18, 2021 at 3:56 am
Does it necessarily have to be a typically red object for it to appear red?
Alex Brown
October 18, 2021 at 3:58 am
Also they look like a greenish red, and not very vibrant at all compared with how they would appear normally.
Daniel Zuluaga
October 18, 2021 at 4:14 am
Man I miss almost impossible
Vuong
October 18, 2021 at 4:31 am
DEJA VU
Arsen Kot
October 18, 2021 at 4:58 am
No. They’re red
The Swinging Door
October 18, 2021 at 6:47 am
Haven’t I already seen this?
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Shy Shalom
October 18, 2021 at 11:55 am
This video quality is actually Potato.
Dave Manning
October 18, 2021 at 12:41 pm
I was way off about the color. I said Matrix.
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October 18, 2021 at 1:41 pm
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Zone07
October 18, 2021 at 2:43 pm
This whole world is a lie!
jjajmb
October 18, 2021 at 2:59 pm
He didn’t take it off and he didn’t put it back. Plus why does he think shouting makes him more believable?
uuhb
October 18, 2021 at 7:23 pm
need back robbies main series bro. it was so good
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October 25, 2021 at 12:39 pm
A minute of silence for Colour blind people watching this
jay clarke
October 19, 2021 at 12:21 am
Iam colour blind so this is odd for me
Helen????T[A]P Me!! to Have [????]???????? With
October 25, 2021 at 12:39 pm
Man I miss almost impossible
Steve Le
October 19, 2021 at 4:44 am
fake and gray
T[A]P Me!! To Have [S]EX With Me
October 25, 2021 at 12:39 pm
This video quality is actually Potato.
Charlotte Aurora
October 25, 2021 at 12:39 pm
This video quality is actually Potato.
Amahd Breazell
October 19, 2021 at 10:43 am
It’s a projector don’t try to play me
bllourias
October 20, 2021 at 4:08 am
Well, it looked BLUE on my screen… LOL, how we can argue colors!
MiscStuff
October 20, 2021 at 12:32 pm
That is because they are (more like turquiose, but close to blue), Photoshop color picker showed a color 84a3ab for example. These strawberries are not gray by any means. I see them reddish though.
bllourias
October 20, 2021 at 6:00 pm
@MiscStuff yep, there was a little bit of red in the color, for sure!
Ganesh Karhale
October 20, 2021 at 4:42 am
You are liar.
H0T-Vlog Go to My Channel
October 25, 2021 at 12:39 pm
Keeping in mind colour constancy as an artist is very important, otherwise you’d never be able to get good colours and lighting. All perceived colours are relative to other colours.
Amelia Willow
October 25, 2021 at 12:39 pm
Keeping in mind colour constancy as an artist is very important, otherwise you’d never be able to get good colours and lighting. All perceived colours are relative to other colours.
KVGamingYT
October 20, 2021 at 7:24 am
it’s red
felleR
October 20, 2021 at 7:43 am
Had to test it in MS Paint just to be sure
marchofnature
October 20, 2021 at 9:13 pm
You’re wrong. In photoshop this specific photo is cyan (clearly). The unedited version is gray
David Rosa
October 21, 2021 at 3:35 am
Even when you took out the little piece I still see it as a green grey red mixture it’s not a bright red it’s not a regular gray and it’s not a vibrant blue and there’s also a very odd tint of green
Sapphire
October 21, 2021 at 9:31 pm
What color are the strawberries? Red. The actual strawberries are red. You wanna talk about what color they APPEAR in that image? Okay fine. But the fruits themselves were red. Unless the artist grew gray strawberries, which I doubt very much. Applying a color filter over the photograph doesn’t change the original color of the fruit. 😛
The Nameless
October 25, 2021 at 4:06 pm
Exactly
Ok Gst XD
October 21, 2021 at 10:52 pm
Goes to show that colors aren’t real and it’s just something that the human mind makes it up
ttization
October 22, 2021 at 3:17 am
I printed the screen and it is red. The image my screen produces is red. So I’m not sold on the illusion here
TheWildThorn
October 22, 2021 at 11:25 am
i was thinking of doing this but thank you for doing it for me lmao
Omaer 1
October 22, 2021 at 6:08 pm
Very Nice bro!
TreboreTrebor
October 22, 2021 at 9:48 pm
Sorry but they’re red !
RobertOrgRobert
October 22, 2021 at 9:48 pm
Sorry but they’re red !
Brooklyn Pastor
October 22, 2021 at 10:58 pm
I said gray. I’m a genius.
noodles6669
October 24, 2021 at 1:10 am
Yeah remember the black and blue dress? Same concept. But different people have different correction in their vision so we saw it differently to one another.
TheFalseKingslayer
October 24, 2021 at 7:30 pm
Gonna cite vsauce for inspiration? No? Okay.
DAZelioni
October 24, 2021 at 8:35 pm
The picture is already gray
Eugene Burns
October 24, 2021 at 9:02 pm
I’m colourblind and these are striaght up blueish purple
Max Poirot
October 24, 2021 at 10:05 pm
Is the dress white and gold or blue and black?
P
October 25, 2021 at 5:56 pm
This must have great applications
Kim Husbands
October 27, 2021 at 1:10 am
This is so weird how grey turns to red. I would have thought the grey had at least drop of red pigmentation.
MINI LAMMA
October 30, 2021 at 7:44 pm
That’s because your brain subconsciously think that strawberries are red, because grey contains more red in the RGB scale than blue. It is a very common way to make something look red without making it actually red in art.
Duván Andrés Solis Arrieta
October 30, 2021 at 4:59 pm
They are red right? No, those strawberries are great!
wnynj
October 30, 2021 at 8:42 pm
this is a vsauce video
Flugschüler Fluglehrer
November 1, 2021 at 9:55 pm
Amazing ????