Vintage Optical Illusion to Test Your Brain: In this image, can you spot the sailor’s cutlass in 20 seconds? The illusion is known as “Find the Sailor’s Cutlass.”
Vintage Optical Illusion to Test Your Abilities: An optical illusion is a mind-boggling image, often fascinating, that alters the shape of an object or drawing, or people who defy the way the brain perceives things. There are many types of physical, physiological, and cognitive optical illusions. These optical illusions also fall within the realm of psychoanalysis because they can sometimes shed light on how you perceive things. A normal human brain can look at things or images differently, forming a different perception from each angle.
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Such clever illustrations can be found with a sketch from the 1880s of a man (doctor) with an image containing hidden faces.
Vintage Optical Illusion to Test Your Abilities: “Find the Sailor’s Cutlass”
The above image was designed as an old collector’s card from the 19th and 26th, it was produced by a company called Major Drapkin & Co. It challenges you to find an object hidden in the image. So, can you find this sailor’s cutlass? The cutlass is a bladed weapon, using both its point and edge. It is often curved but can also be straight. Its true distinctive feature is its edge. Thus, the trickiest part of this optical illusion is spotting the sailor’s cutlass hidden in the image.
The image was difficult to decipher for many people.
Can you spot the sailor’s cutlass in under 20 seconds?
Look closely at this optical illusion drawing. The clue to finding the sailor’s cutlass is hidden on the sailor’s body.
Try looking at the sailor’s left leg.
Have you seen the hidden cutlass now? It may seem difficult to find the hidden cutlass on the sailor’s leg at first glance.
To help you, we have circled the cutlass in the image below:
People who can quickly identify the hidden cutlass of the sailor have a good level of observation.
Optical illusions always provide a fascinating insight into how our brain works. Specific combinations of colors, light, and patterns can visually trick our brain into perceiving something that isn’t there.
So tell us, were you able to spot the hidden sailor’s cutlass in this optical illusion?
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