This title in the series looks at how light, color, and shade can mess with your mind! Learn how contrast, assimilation, and after-image can make things change color in front of your eyes, and recreate these amazing illusions for yourself with fun experiments.

"Includes activities and make-your-own illusions to trick your eyes and baffle your brain!"--Cover. Includes index.

Is seeing believing? -- Light -- Playing with contrast -- An extraordinary sofa -- Dark spot, bright spot -- Puzzling colors -- Color adaption -- Restoring color -- Stained glass illusion -- Photographing levitation -- Rubber ducks -- Magic heart -- Playing with assimilation -- Mapmaker illusion -- Neon colors effect -- Making colors -- Hole in the hand illusion -- Make your own hologram projector.