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Mayukh Saha
Mayukh Saha
January 19, 2022 ·  3 min read

Fun Test: Rabbit or Girl – What Do You See First in the Image? Take Another Look

Everyone can have fun looking at optical illusions. You might not like puzzles but the attractiveness of optical illusions is sure to make you take a look. Optical illusions come in various types and all of them have one thing in common: confounding our eyes with an image. Reversible faces and paradoxes are two of the most commonest illusions.

Puzzles like such optical illusions are great for sharpening our brains. They help with our visual-spatial reasoning. This reasoning is essential for daily activities like driving, packing, interpreting maps, learning, following dancing steps, as well as several other activities.

Even celebrities like Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, and Ellen DeGeneres have all professed their love for puzzles. It is easy to understand why since puzzles like these are not only amusing but also a great chance for some bonding time with our loved ones. Grandparents, especially, can solve them to maintain their cognition while grandchildren can learn some new skills from them.

However, it can be inconvenient to always try and solve a jigsaw puzzle. Instead, you can try online puzzles like the one we have for you today. Below are 4 images that are also optical illusions. All you have to do is look at them carefully, and answer the questions!

Sounds easy, right? So, let’s get started:

The Optical Illusions:

1. Pencils

Can you give the exact number of pencils in the image below:

Image Credits: Getty Images | Steppeua

It is most definitely trickier than it seems.

2. What Is It?

What is the first thing you see in the image below:

Image Credits: Getty Images | Evgeny Gromov

Take a second look, do you see something else this time around? There are two things in this one photo.

3. Is It Just A Butterfly?

The butterfly is pretty clear to see in the image below:

Image Credits: Getty Images | Evgeny Gromov

But can you spot the other features that are there? Here’s a hint: look closely at the wings of the butterfly.

4. A Hidden Face

The image below is an awesome sketch of a landscape depicting an old mountainous town:

Image Credits: Getty Images | Duncan1890

But now comes the question: there is a face in the picture with every feature you can expect. Where is it?

The Answers

Now before we reveal the answers, we should tell you that for some of them there is no correct answer. Since it is an optical illusion, there can very well be more than one thing hiding the same picture.

But here are the answers:

1. It is actually 3 pencils all joined together into 1. The eraser decorations in the middle make it look trickier.

2. This is up to the viewer. There is both a girl with a nice hairstyle as well as a rabbit. Both are correct answers. Extra points if you spotted both of them.

3. The silhouette of the wings of the butterfly is also two women’s faces. Here is how it is:

Image Credits: Getty Images

4. Here is the detailed face in the backdrop. HINT: Look sideways…

Image Credits: Getty Images

So did you manage to spot all of them? One of the lessons that we can take from these optical illusions is that we need to look at the big picture sometimes. The answers are right there but we were too focused on one perspective to find them.

Let us know how you fared in the comments below! Share the images with your friends and family as well, if you enjoyed them.

Meanwhile, here are some more optical illusions that can help you enjoy your day: