PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

I INTRODUCTION

II THE EYE

III VISION

IV SOME TYPES OF GEOMETRICAL ILLUSIONS

V EQUIVOCAL FIGURES

VI THE INFLUENCE OF ANGLES

VII ILLUSIONS OF DEPTH AND OF DISTANCE

VIII IRRADIATION AND BRIGHTNESS-CONTRAST

IX COLOR

X LIGHTING

XI NATURE

XII PAINTING AND DECORATION

XIII ARCHITECTURE

XIV MIRROR MAGIC

XV CAMOUFLAGE

INDEX

VISUAL ILLUSIONS

THEIR CAUSES, CHARACTERISTICS
AND APPLICATIONS

BY
M. LUCKIESH

DIRECTOR OF APPLIED SCIENCE, NELA RESEARCH LABORATORIES,
NATIONAL LAMP WORKS OF GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.

AUTHOR OF “COLOR AND ITS APPLICATIONS,” “LIGHT AND SHADE
AND THEIR APPLICATIONS,” “THE LIGHTING ART,” “THE
LANGUAGE OF COLOR,” “ARTIFICIAL LIGHT—ITS
INFLUENCE UPON CIVILIZATION,”
“LIGHTING THE HOME,” ETC.

100 ILLUSTRATIONS