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There's A Number Hidden In This Red Speckled Background. Can You Find It?

Can you see the three digit number through all of this red noise? A lot of people can't, and we know why.

10 months ago · 89.3k reads ·

The image comes to us from Turkish PhD musicologist and teacher Figen, who kind of blew up with a fun "can you see the hidden object" illusion tweet. Now keep in mind, there's a trick to figuring out the solution to this optical illusion.

Eye test! What number do you see? pic.twitter.com/siPj03qHNs
— Figen (@TheFigen_) May 16, 2023

So if you can't see it, try tipping your screen back or forth to get a different angle on it. Easier to do with a phone or tablet, harder to do with a laptop and extremely hard to do with a desktop screen or monitor connected to a tower. Or squint your eyes a bit. And if you still can't see it, then we have the answer below. The magic number is...

No peeking.

The answer is 571.

H/T: Indy100.

Comments

Oscar Jara Krause 10 months ago

Pude leer la cifra al cabo de 5 segundos en mi monitor de 27 pulgadas, No está nada mal, me parece...
Ryan Thompson 10 months ago

From reading this, I don't know why. Where's the "why" explained?
David R. Cohen 10 months ago

It is 571
Mike Fish 10 months ago

571
Randal Whisenant 10 months ago

I think it’s easier for red-green colorblind people to see.
H.A. “Herb” Genelly ... 10 months ago

What’s crazy it that I’m partially colorblind so when I saw the number I was shocked!
C. Hudson 10 months ago

571
Brian Wolf 10 months ago

I think I have bad vision....
Robert Farrell 10 months ago

Like others said it was just to easy and I found it in a second.
uh1738 10 months ago

Found it immediately. Big deal.
Roger Schnelten 10 months ago

too easy
Ruiz Deliger 10 months ago

571
Deb Curtis 10 months ago

I saw it before I loaded the page...yesterday...with my computer off. What took all of you so long?
Iris Price 10 months ago

Saw it immediately.
Maryann Harty 10 months ago

Saw it before I even read the piece… too easy!
Ray Klein 10 months ago

Saw it right but I always see red.
Gary Hayman 10 months ago

FOR THOSE WITH A DESKTOP PC: Minimize the window, grab it by the top bar with the cursor, and shake it back and forth quickly. The number will pop out.
Lynn Tomaro 10 months ago

I saw it in about 10 seconds! So, easy! Didn't need to do anything.
Nancy Kurtz 10 months ago

Saw it right away.
Kevin Keller 10 months ago

It wasn't difficult.
Bill Braniff 10 months ago

Strange that I could see the number without mo ring my screen at all?
Christine Herbst 10 months ago

Easy to see the number.