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Delboeuf Illusion

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The red circles have the same radius. However, their sizes seem to vary, depending on the sizes of the blue circles. This illusion was first discovered by Franz Joseph Delbouf, a Belgian philosopher and expert on hypnosis.

Contributed by: Michael Schreiber (March 2011)
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