Motion-induced blindness causes a person to lose sight of objects that are in plain view. This optical phenomenon may be a way of separating unchanging background stimuli from 'artifacts of damage.' ...

Blue dots like Columbus, ... Then there are their homemade yard signs: a single blue dot, about as wide as a basketball hoop, painted on a plain white background. More stories from the Style section.

All 12 dots are there, ... featuring gray crisscrosses on a white background, with twelve black dots scattered throughout. ... That leaves you scrambling to see something that’s in plain sight.

Printed yellow dots are not the only type of steganography — secret codes hidden in plain sight — with a number of examples having long existed in everyday life.

The new illusion looks simple, showing intersecting grey lines on a white background. But looking closely starts it moving – and though there are actually 12 black dots in it, it’s only ...