Incredible optical illusion means you’ll see this black & white picture look very different

THIS incredible optical illusion will trick your brain into seeing a monochrome colour scheme - but not everything is black and white.

The mind-boggling clip fools your brain into seeing colour even though there is none there.

In the clip, an illusion enthusiast presents a brightly coloured snap of the countryside with some houses in the background.

He explains viewers must stare at the dot in the center of the image "without taking your eyes off of it".

"In a minute, I'm going to count down from one. When I get to one, I'm going to turn the photo from black and white."

After around 25 seconds of intense gawking at the small circle on the screen, the picture swaps its garish colour scheme for black and white.

But despite its plain palette, our brains extraordinarily conjure up the colours all by themselves.

The optical admirer continued: "You see colour, but look away from the dot - you'll see it really is a black and white photo."

The barmy brain teaser demonstrates how our brains "fill in the gap" of colour perception after focusing on the dot.

Overexposing certain receptors in our eyes to colours prompts us to see inverted colours, despite the image being monochrome.

The cool clip caused a stir online after being shared on Reddit by an optical illusion fan.

One user wrote: "I saw it, damn cool."

While another added: "After-image, pretty cool example of it!"

If you're into optical illusions, don't miss this similar experiment by psychologist Dr Julie Smith.

She shared a TikTok video explaining how our brains see things that aren't actually there.

Another tricky visual claims to tell you which side of your brain you favour the most.

And in this mind-bending trick, viewers are fooled into seeing flashing dots, which aren't actually there.

The frustrating picture is known as the scintillating grid illusion, discovered by E and B Lingelbach and M Schrauf in 1994.

Despite having no dots, viewers are left scratching their heads as they can see grey discs at the intersections.

Meanwhile, another creepy optical illusion has emerged online which reveals whether you are romantic or not.