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 Paint Yourself A New Reality With This Space Bending Optical Illusion

Create An Illusion With Paint

April 08, 2013 in Color

It's the oldest trick in the book:

Using paint to trick the eye. 

Using paint to visually group elements together to make a whole, to define something that is undefined, to make something out of nothing.

 Here, everything is painted the same color, resulting in a trick that makes it look like one thing.

Here, everything is painted the same color, resulting in a trick that makes it look like one thing.

 See what stands out here?  The mirror .   The table doesn’t detract because it’s been grouped together visually with the wall. 

See what stands out here? The mirror.

The table doesn’t detract because it’s been grouped together visually with the wall. 

 See how the ceiling has been lowered here? 

See how the ceiling has been lowered here? 

  This is a  perfect  example.   This window was disguised with paint. It blends into the wall painted the same color. Then the high contrast in the mirror, cabinet and shelving draws your eye. 

This is a perfect example.

This window was disguised with paint. It blends into the wall painted the same color. Then the high contrast in the mirror, cabinet and shelving draws your eye. 

I’m not talking about trompe l’oeil, murals, stenciling, graphics, or painting a work of art on the wall.

I’m talking about how paint can camouflage what is really happening underneath it’s surface. How it can mask something. How it can create something out of thin air.

What a glorious tool for tricks! Look below to see what I mean...

 Here, an opening is framed and featured with paint.

Here, an opening is framed and featured with paint.

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 And here?

And here?


So...

If there's an element in the room that you don't like, and you can’t possibly move or change it, paint it to match what’s adjacent and surrounding it. It will disguise it.

OR . . .

If there’s absolutely nothing interesting in the room, and you WANT something interesting, try paint.

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