visual deception
Eyes being fooled
Visual deception is any technique or phenomenon that causes the eye or mind to perceive something other than what's actually there.
The term covers optical illusions, camouflage, trompe l'oeil painting, stage magic, and digital manipulation.
The desert mirage is a visual deception caused by refracted light.
In military contexts, visual deception includes decoys and false installations designed to mislead reconnaissance.
- optical illusionMisleading visual perception
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
- mirageAtmospheric optical deception
- trick of the lightMisleading visual perception
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
sleight of hand · sleight · hologram · hall of mirrors · camouflage · distortion · hallucination · phantom · apparition · disappearing act · magic · smoke and mirrors · smoke · mirrors · blur · false image · shimmer · fake
visual deceptionreality
What actually exists
what you see is what you get · transparency · objective reality
visual deceptionplain sight
visual, visuals, visually, vision, visions, visionary, visionaries, visible, visibility