The Benham Disc Illusion produces faint colours from a spinning black and white pattern. It works better on TV sets than computers, but best of all to the naked eye. Follow Rob's instructions and see it for yourself.
The Benham Disc Illusion produces faint colours from a spinning black and white pattern. It works better on TV sets than computers, but best of all to the naked eye. Follow Rob's instructions and see it for yourself.
i see green
Same - segments of dark green.
Same here :( I don't see any of the other colours
Me too
I see dead people.
Same
I lost the color when it turned black and white
Same
And it was green with blue specks in places for me when in color. No red at all
same. would be interesting to know what caused it
@@Yiseia the frequency or refresh rate of nowadays screens as they don't work with cathode ray tubes (crt) anymore
I never saw anything
Since this was broadcast, we've learnt that cats, dogs, and indeed most animals can see in colour. Some animals have more acute colour vision than others - for example, dogs have rather muted colour vision as a trade-off for good night vision.
Thank you! I was questioning what I thought was fact.
The mantis shrimp can see 10x as many colors as humans can!
Cats are really sensitive to blue light because blue light travels best in the dark, so it helps their night vision
Dogs are colour blind. Cats possibly more so than dogs. We are colour blind compared to an eagle.
While it's best seen in person - as mentioned in the description - I was seeing green pie sections on my monitor. I like your stringing method for spinning the disc. I've seen these in person and noticed colors having almost brownish tones: reddish brown, bluish brown...
+Wood 'n' Stuff w/ Steve French Yes, I am glad that you could see it. It is also affected by the type of light you shine on the spinning disc - fluoro, daylight, halogen etc - Rob
CuriosityShow - Rob, I'm curious; when were these mini shows aired on TV? I've always lived in the United States and never knew about Curiosity Show until a couple years ago. I love watching them and am thankful that you take the time to share them with the rest of the world. I don't always comment, but I eagerly view every one that shows up in my feed (as well as many that you uploaded before I subscribed).
+Wood 'n' Stuff w/ Steve French Thanks Steve! We are glad that enjoy our Curiosity Show segments. Share the good news - tell your friends about our Curiosity Tube KZhead Channel. Deane.
+Wood 'n' Stuff w/ Steve French Thanks, Steve, I am not sure what you mean by mini shows, but Curiosity Show was made in 30 minute programs and aired as such, and the show ran from 1972 to 1990 - Australasia, Europe, UK, Singapore etc. We found that entire programs don't always hold up today as some segments deal with out of date technology or feature people or places now departed (things like lovely Christchurch Cathedral in NZ, for example) so we have extracted individual segments and put them up in various playlists. That is probably better for people who watch on mobile phones via Twitter as well. Each of the 30-minute shows had on average 2 long segments (usually making and doing), 2 medium segments (information etc) and two short segments (puzzles and tricks). They varied a good deal, but that may explain the mix of things that you see - Rob
CuriosityShow - Oh ok, thanks for the great response! My apologies on the misunderstanding. I incorrectly assumed that what I've been watching were "complete episodes" which, perhaps, aired between other shows and/or during commercial breaks. Judging from the video quality and some of the topics, my guess would have been that they were from the 70's and 80's. As a child born in 1973, I recognize some of the things I've seen as having been of that era. The great thing is how timeless much of the show's material turned out to be. I love this stuff now and I would have been a huge fan back then as well. Anyway, I've taken up enough of your time. I love that I've been able to interact with you and Deane; you guys are awesome! Thanks again for inspiring and touching so many lives. Including my own.
trust me, this works better in real life. do it yourself to really see colors. try a spinning top.
yeah
This worked indeed best on old cathode-ray televisions (or monitors). Our modern screens are - too modern. ^_^
Agreed - and not only is it a difference in screens, it's a difference in raw display data seeing as what was originally broadcast has to be converted to pixel data anyway.
But shouldn't it work in real life? I assume we don't see it because of KZhead's compression algorithm, which distorts fast-moving and small particles/lines.
The spinning disc with the string is also a way to build an extremely high force centerfuge able to separate malaria from human blood and help aid diagnosis. Standford was able to create a highly accurate field malaria test with microscope and whirligig centerfuge for less than 1 dollar per test. They use cardboard and string, and a small bead of glass.
I have no idea why clips of this show started showing up on my feed, but thanks KZhead. I can't get enough of this stuff
I remember seeing this when I was about 8 years old on my B/W tv. I told everyone I saw colour on my B/W tv, and nobody believed me.
That's a great premise for a Revenge movie: 'Colored Uppance!"
I had the exact same experience. Now we finally have proof! 😃
I got green all the way across the wheel. God this is a great show! Just like all the books I loved growing up in the late 80's and 90's
Yes, it works better on some appliances than others, but it is impressive if you can see it - Rob
I'm honestly kinda jelly of Aussie kids about my age because this show rocks and I would have ditched Mr wizard in a second for it.
Why do you address your comment to God? See Exodus 20 :7
May be it only works on CRT displays because on my LCD I only see green (think) ... the edge of the black part is green even on still wheel.
Yeah I got green as well on my lcd.
I saw red, green, blue, and yellow on my lcd display.
I saw blue, red, orange and green moving from the centre. What a great illusion!
Yes, it is impressive when it works - can't handle some modern devices well, though - Rob
I saw purple mushrooms.
This video got a like before the ad was over, because I knew I'd like it
What is intriguing is that if you pause the video where the disc is spinning, the red and green (as i see it on my screen) fringes are still clearly visible. Did it trick the camera sensor too? ☺
The old Commodore 64 floppy drive timing was done with a similar disk. The pattern would move forward and another backward when you had it dialed in
I saw the colours through darker red and blue. Fascinating.
I had a broad spinning top with this pattern, it worked quite well.
This presenter is absolutely brilliant. What a talent.
In the early 60's, before broadcasts in color, the TV station WJW in Cleveland had a 1/2-hour experimental program supposedly broadcasting color from their black-and-white station. They supposedly used a Benham's disk. I wasn't sure back then if I saw color or not. I am gratified to see that I STILL am not sure.😵💫
Guys I've watched 5 videos on this effect on youtube and this is the only one that I actually saw colour in. I attribute that to you guys actual scientific knowledge and not just copying it from some website. Do keep uploading these we love ye :)
many thanks - it can depend on what you watch it on - RGB monitor, liquid crystal, phone etc. - Rob
@@CuriosityShow It's LED as far as I know, interesting that different screens affect the effect, lol.
I'm curious if you guys have considered making a new series? You probably have other stuff going on ofc but you really made some amazing educational videos. Thanks again, from Ireland. Paul
Great show!
Many thanks - lots more at kzhead.info, so subscribe if you haven't for more each week - Rob
What year was this originally aired? Veterinarian science long ago learned that dogs and cats see colors. Just differently than we do.
Correct! Most mammals are dichromats, meaning they only have 2 different types of colour receptors in their eyes. Cats, for example, only have blue and green colour receptors, meaning they can only see mixtures of those 2 colours while having next to no ability to see red. Humans are trichromats, meaning we have 3 types of colour receptors in our eyes. Red, green and blue. Although it's quite rare, some people are actually quadchromats (I believe it's more common in women), giving them the ability to see an extra range of colours (extending slightly into the UV part of the spectrum). Also when we talk about colourblindness in humans, what that basically means is somebody only has 2 properly functioning receptor types, giving them drastically reduced ability to see a particular range of colours and essentially making them dichromats like other mammals. On a final note: Some marine creatures can actually have up to 7 different types of colour receptors. I'm guessing that would make them 'septchromats', but I probably have the wrong terminology there lol.
sure actual scientists knew it, but the black and white thing was already popularly accepted by most people and it was harder back then to "issue corrections" so to speak. I would imagine that animal perception of colour isn't important enough to make it into the news so most people would just carry on believing the old thing
It doesn't seem to work with newer led screens. I can't see any variations in shading, or perceived colours.
Back in the day, they attempted to show a hint of color on B&W TV sets by flashing on and off in rapid succession an image (with the words AMPOL). I didn't notice anything. Another time comedian Graham Kennedy said he was about to show color footage that everyone could see. I pressed my nose close to the B&W TV screen to make sure not to miss it! It was a short B&W video of penguins on white snow.
Doesn't work well in 30 fps video.
I saw green for the in color spin, for the black and white spin I didn't see any colors
Not sure when new information came out about this, probably well after this show was made, but dogs and cats actually do see in color. However, their color range isn't as high as ours. They can't see reds and oranges, but greens, yellows, blues, and purples are all visible.
I saw green segments in the color version and red and ocean blue in the black and white broadcast on a 10 inch tablet.
Watching this my iPad. The effect is only very feint. Video compression + LCD display probably not a good combination. Either that, or I'm colour blind?
Okay, found a higher res animation on Wikipedia: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Benham%27s_disc_%28animated%29.gif Fascinating!
This doesn't work on LCD/LED/OLED screens due to the video encoding, sadly. Needs a CRT monitor/TV with no video compression.
That's amazing!
Get off my show 😂
Very interesting and informative.
Glad you enjoyed it-Rob
They used this on a TV ad in the 60's. I was the only one who saw it, and nobody believed me when I said that I saw color on our B&W TV. Now I have proof! 😃
Definitely Adelaide with those accents 😆
What is the physics/biology behind this? Why does it work?
Cats and dogs do see most of the colours we see, just not the red spectrum.
All I saw was green at the demarcation line during the color segment. when they switched to black and white, that's all I saw - black and white. Must not translate very well on a computer screen. I didn't get the part where this relates to animals seeing in black and white?
So cool!
Oddly I can see distinct green bits during the color example but the black and white I can't see any colors at all.
I see green, but only in color?... not black and white. What's that?
Amazingly, I even see a hint of headache!
What most people don't realize is that the brain is locked up in the skull, completely cutoff from light and sound and taste and touch and smell; and that experience is simply a guess at what it might be like 'out there'. The brain "imagines" our experience. Consider our dreams... they often feel incredibly "real" until we wake up and get our bearings on the stable day to day on Earth. The fact that it seems so real is because even "reality" is our brain "dreaming" our experience of the world. It's all a hallucination, if you will. The difference is that one is based on the world around us, and the other is based on our memories, ideas, and past experience.
OK. Now you've messed up my whole life. It's one big sham! 😁
Pedantic note- switching the image to “black and white” doesn’t actually switch our TVs (or phones, or computers) to black and white. The images are still generated by combining colored pixels in a way that we’ll only perceive it in black and white. I’m sure the illusion would still work in person- but the method for proving it wasn’t created by the use of color television was flawed.
Do you ever teach how to make the actual machine you use?
It was just a simple battery driven motor - Rob
I only see flashbacks of VC hiding in the jungles of Vietnam. Perhaps I need a bigger disc.
I saw green and black and when he made everything black & white I saw no colour. Dunno what to make of that.
These are great shows for kids to open them mine up 2 different possibilities.
Find this article on the Web by its name: "Illusionary XAML: Reinventing Benham's Top", use the software. A user can not only observe the effect but also try to design one's own patterns and explore the effect depending on different factors.
Wow!! I made one of those in the 60s.
this episode reminds me of watching wizard of oz the first time
I see color but why?
My S20 wasn't prepared for the colour of that jumper
I love the old school fun
I saw black and white. Help me.
That's a great jumper Rob. Do you still have it?
Sadly. no. Knitted by my wife - Rob
@@CuriosityShow Your wife Rob knitted it?
If u see green during the color version, it's actually the video encoding issues because if you pause it the image is actually green. But I don't see colors in the black and white version, maybe I need a cleaner quality one
blue inner, red middle, green outer
Like others', I saw quite a lot of green. I only saw red, albeit a tiny amount, when you took the color away.
I get that we at some point transitioned from black and white to color on the television, but when did we invent color and start applying it to the world? Old photographs and movies are still black and white so it was not just a television thing.
lol I remember when I was little and someone I knew and was about the same age asked this sincerely
Thank god he did not said “darrate kaat rahi hai omffo… le bhaiye omffo”
Is this show old or made to appear old?
it's actually old, ran from '72 to '90
Darn it, I didn’t see any color. I am slightly colorblind, but maybe it’s not translating well from being recorded, and then put into a digital medium.
After I saw this on teev, I tried making a small one of these and sticking it to a yoyo. The effect wasn’t as spectacular as I hoped it would be. I must have looked quite odd, with my arm stretched out and up with my head craned towards it, and when my dad finally asked what on earth I was doing, he suggested putting it on a drill - which worked much better
Hasn't the theory of whether dogs and cats see in colour or not changed now? I think I've heard that dogs see bichromatic colour, rather than trichromatic like humans.
Works great on my new tv.
Sadly, not really. Many have segments that are either out of date or feature people or places since gone (like lovely Christchurch cathedral etc). For that reason we have taken out various segments that do still work and put them into playlists.- Rob In this you said Dogs and Cats see in B&W but we now know that is incorrect so Rob missed this segment. Color vision - It's a common misconception that cats can't see any colors, only shades of gray. Humans are known as trichromats, meaning they have three kinds of cones that allow them to see red, green, and blue. Cats are also thought to be trichromats, but not in the same way that humans are
Yes, we have kept segments as they were 40 years ago although we know a bit more about things now - Rob
Maybe I misunderstood you, but you want them to scrap this segment just because he says a few words that are out of date? whether cats and dogs sees color is not THAT significant to the educational value of this video, there's no reason to scrap this segment just because of that, don't be so pedantic. Rob & Deane, please don't scrap any segments and keep uploading them, these are a joy and no harm is done if some of them are a little out of date.
@@E_y_a_l 2 years late but I agree. Maybe they could put corrections in a pinned comment or the description.
Me: like a pizza Him: like spokes of a wheel Me: okay :(
He is saying blue in the middle and red beside it but I see it the other way, the middle ring is red and the one beside it blue..Then light grey (maybe lilac?) then orange
I saw green. So I don't know what is at fault.
I had red-green-blue with red being on the front edge of segment
I see green too. I guess the effect doesn't work the same on modern screen technology
Animals can see color, but they can't tell red from green.
I saw a thick stripe of green actually.
This doesn’t work well on 1080p HDTV LCD televisions
You need to watch this on a CRT TV for it to work. Not your phone.
I only saw green at the center and a bit of purple on the edges.
Probably worked well on cathode Ray screens. That’s all we had back then.
Haven't seen any illusion on my IPS matrix.
I didn’t know James Hetfield was doing these videos in the early 00’s 😂
I didn’t see blue or red on b&w wheel
This video should have a seizure risk warning.
I saw green but after viewing in black and white, only gray
Saw green and it was still back and white when it was black and white
It’s weird. I saw green, then when it went to black and white, I didn’t see any color.
Saw green the entire time
Was that Poet and PeasantI heard?
Sorry, can't say. Music was added in post production by our producer and we had no say in the choices - Rob
I saw purple and green
On my iPhone I saw (from the centre outwards) blue, red, green, blue.
Not sure what is wrong with my eyes, but when they turned the tv mode to bw the illusion stopped working for me! O.O Before I saw green in the wheel, but after the bw switch it stayed bw! ...
I’d hypothesize your brain expects b&w from a mostly b&w image, so it “corrects” the image.
But possibly, it’s related to the quality of your video display.
@@picassodilly Good hyphosis, so I checked on another screen. Same. When it switches to bw the illusion drops- Still not sure why... :-D
Huh. I saw green Immediately, and nothing else
I could only see green and purple, interesting.
I am colorblind, I only saw the colors when the show turned to black and white.
I saw green and I couldn't see the colors when he made it all black and white.
I'm colourblinded
cant see any colours 😢😢
i don't see color in white and white passage :/ BTW thanks to the 4th Prince to make me discover Gustav Fechner
All I saw was green with bits of purple, even with the video paused. I guess I can only seen what my phone’s screen allows me to see. And then all color vanished when he switched to black and white regardless of pausing or not
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I saw all the colours of the jumper
I saw a bit of green and then just black and white.