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Fact-checked printables for the kitchen table and the classroom, plus a short list of books, colour wheels and things to make for colour illusion fans. Every purchase helps keep this site free.
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Colour illusion printables
Fact-checked PDFs in A4 and US Letter, sold as instant downloads from the ReallyByte store: our own drawings, things to make and try, and worksheets with answers. Prices in US dollars.
The Colour Illusions Reference Guide
Our own drawings of the dress idea, no-red strawberries, simultaneous contrast, a checker shadow with its proof, White’s illusion, Mach bands, assimilation, Munker, watercolour, neon, afterimages and Benham’s top, with every source compared and a glossary. 14 pages, A4 and US Letter.
Colour Illusions to Make and Try
A Benham’s top to cut out and spin, an afterimage flag, same-grey cards with a proof strip, watercolour shapes to finish, a 12-question quiz, myth or fact and an illusion log, all with answers. 10 pages, A4 and US Letter.
The Colour Illusions Printables Bundle
Both colour illusion packs in one download, A4 and US Letter: the Reference Guide and Make and Try. $8.49 instead of $10.48 bought separately. 24 pages, A4 and US Letter.
Books & kit
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Books
- Optical illusion books (affiliate link)Big picture books of illusions, with the explanations.
- Books about colour (affiliate link)How colour works, for artists and the curious.
- How we see (affiliate link)Popular science on eyes, brains and perception.
- Illusion books for children (affiliate link)Picture books that fool the eye; check the age range.
Make and try
- Artist’s colour wheels (affiliate link)Turn the wheel to see complementary colours side by side.
- Colouring pencils (affiliate link)For colouring in the watercolour shapes and your own experiments.
- Watercolour paint sets (affiliate link)Try the watercolour illusion with real paint.
- White card (affiliate link)Stiff card for making a spinning top or afterimage cards.
- Spinning tops (affiliate link)Classic tops for spinning colour discs.
Gifts and fun
- Optical illusion kits (affiliate link)Hands-on illusion kits; check the age range.
- Optical illusion posters (affiliate link)Illusions for the wall.
- Illusion jigsaws (affiliate link)A jigsaw that argues back.
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