A new optical illusion debate is taking the internet by storm... and this time it has nothing to do with a dress.
Mark Millar revealed on Twitter that the first edition of his new comic Chrononauts includes a baffling illusion within a time piece on the left side of its front cover.
The majority of people who view the optical illusion, which was created by artist Sean Gordon Murphy, will see a cracked watch face, however, one in 15 can see a green hourglass on a purple background.
Millar said: "Sean's a genius, as you know, but he's also a tech geek and has created something very odd and cool on the cover of this week's Chrononauts issue one. There's an optical illusion on his cover which he's going to explain online tomorrow night, something you can see in the face of the time-piece on the left hand side."
Before Chrononauts illusion explained by @Sean_G_Murphy, what do you see in the middle of time-piece on left? pic.twitter.com/LGL159A2Ko
- Mark Millar (@mrmarkmillar) March 16, 2015
About 1 in 15 people see the hour-glass. Everybody else sees the clock-face very clearly. It's never in-between apparently.
- Mark Millar (@mrmarkmillar) March 16, 2015
The illusion has created a lot of debate on Twitter, with Nick Frost and Scots comedian Greg Hemphill both claiming they can see a green hourglass in the image.
@mrmarkmillar @Sean_G_Murphy Green hourglass!!! (Ish) do I win a prize?!! I hope it's an optical illusion or I'm having a little stroke.
- Nick Frost (@nickjfrost) March 16, 2015
.@mrmarkmillar I see a green hour glass with a purplish watch face.
- Greg Hemphill (@greghemphill69) March 16, 2015
Stupid watch. Hate it when my eyes aren't clever enough for trickery
- Debs (@debsmassey) March 16, 2015
@mrmarkmillar @Sean_G_Murphy Is the green hourglass made up of the top arrow and bottom rectangle, or within the very central yellow circle?
- Joshua Eure (@WarEureTales) March 16, 2015
@mrmarkmillar I see… EVERYTHING!
- Dave Gibbons (@davegibbons90) March 16, 2015
@mrmarkmillar @Sean_G_Murphy Definitely black and gold.
- David Barnett (@davidmbarnett) March 16, 2015
Millar, who says that he can see the broken clock face, tweeted that it tends to be supercreative people who can see the green hourglass.
@johnnyutah66 @Sean_G_Murphy Likewise. That's what I see too, btw. Sadly, the more creative brain apparently sees something else... :(
- Mark Millar (@mrmarkmillar) March 16, 2015
Millar said that Murphy will explain how the optical illusion works on the Millarworld forum tomorrow.
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