--- title: This Red Dot Optical Illusion Is Baffling the Internet description: A new question is dividing the Internet and it has nothing to do with a dress. canonical: https://time.com/4283741/red-dot-optical-illusion/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-06T18:57:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:31:23.865Z og:title: This Optical Illusion Hidden Inside a Red Dot Is Baffling the Internet og:description: Can you see it? og:url: https://time.com/4283741/red-dot-optical-illusion/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Optical Illusion Hidden Inside a Red Dot Is Baffling the Internet twitter:description: Can you see it? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Optical Illusion Hidden Inside a Red Dot Is Baffling the Internet  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 6, 2016 6:57 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 6, 2016 6:57 PM UTC A new question is dividing the Internet and it has nothing to do with a [dress](http://time.com/4238688/the-dress-1-year-anniversary-white-gold-blue-black/). A sight test that asks participants if they can see anything inside a picture of a red dot has gone viral since it was posted on [Playbuzz](http://www.playbuzz.com/jackoneil10/only-certain-people-can-see-the-hidden-image-inside-this-eye-test?utm%5Fsource=facebook.com&utm%5Fmedium=page-posts&utm%5Fcampaign=only-certain-people-can-see-the-hidden-image-inside-this-eye-test&utm%5Fcontent=q-art-text) by user Jack ONeil. While some claim they can see a detailed drawing within the circle, others can only see a faint sketch and many can’t see anything at all. “Most people see nothing, others find the hidden image to be a plain outline—but did you see all of the hidden details, too?,” the puzzle’s explanation reads. **Read More:** [The Internet Can’t Decide How Many Girls Are in This Photo](http://time.com/4262667/optical-illusion-mirror-girls-photo/?iid=sr-link1) Check out the [optical illusion](http://time.com/3971380/magicians-fool-internet-sky-news/?iid=sr-link2) below. > [](https://twitter.com/Burkeeboy/status/717661850494771200) This Red Dot Optical Illusion Is Baffling the Internet ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4283741/red-dot-optical-illusion/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4283741/red-dot-optical-illusion/"},"headline":"This Optical Illusion Hidden Inside a Red Dot Is Baffling the Internet","datePublished":"2016-04-06T18:57:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:23.865Z","description":"Can you see it?","url":"https://time.com/4283741/red-dot-optical-illusion/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4283741/red-dot-optical-illusion/","name":"This Optical Illusion Hidden Inside a Red Dot Is Baffling the Internet"}}]}] ```