This Is The Strawberry Picture That Has The Entire Internet Freaking Out

Remember The Dress? Honestly, who could forget. Was it blue and black? Was it white and gold? Why do I still care? There are some things that mess with us so badly that they leave a scar long after they’re gone.

But while The Dress has been dead to people for quite a while now, the internet has found a new optical illusion to freak out about: this photograph of strawberries.

https://twitter.com/social_brains/status/836088599418281984

What’s so special about a horribly edited picture of a strawberry desert, you may ask? Well, the answer is simple: despite what your eyes may tell you, there is no red in this photo.

Yep, you read that right. All red pixels have been removed from the photo, but for some reason, the strawberries still look red. That’s because our brain is tricking us into seeing the fruit the way it remembers it looking, instead of the hues of blue, green and gray that are in the photograph.

People were understandably blown away.

https://twitter.com/livelypml/status/836957319699259394

https://twitter.com/natemerrillmn/status/837106818195288066

https://twitter.com/lmSoDun/status/836959167848022016

The photo was created by Akiyoshi Kitaoka, a professor of psychology who just happens to love making optical illusions.

https://twitter.com/AkiyoshiKitaoka/status/836878885698560001

https://twitter.com/AkiyoshiKitaoka/status/836768362533265408

It’s no The Dress, but it does have me questioning a lot of things in life nonetheless.