Viewers looking at an optical illusion which made headlines this week may see colors in the image gradually vanish, The Verge reports. “This picture will fade away if you stare at it (may take a minute),” user NightBreeze wrote when sharing the image on the r/woahdude subreddit. The post had received 48,3000 upvotes and 1,500 comments as of Wednesday afternoon. The optical illusion happens as a result of the Troxler effect -- which gets its name from Swiss physician Ignas Paul Vital Troxler, Live Science reports. “They are replaced with an experience, the nature of which is determined by the background that the object is on,” it adds.

Source: Fox News April 11, 2018 19:30 UTC