Neon Color Spreading

Open fullscreen view :root::before { aspect-ratio: 1; background: radial-gradient(#0f0 28.5em, #0000 calc(28.5em + 1px)), radial-gradient(#0000 20em, #fff calc(20em + 1px)) 0 0 / 50% 50%, repeating-radial-gradient(#fff 0 2.5em, #000 calc(2.5em + 1px) calc(3.3333em - 1px), #fff 3.3333em) 0 0 / 50% 50%; background-blend-mode: lighten; content: ""; font-size: 0.65vmin; left: 50%; position: absolute; top: 50%; translate: -50% -50%; width: 80em; }

About This Illusion

This illustration shows concentric circles, some of which have a green-and-black pattern. Our brain perceives a central patterned circle and four concentric circles around it, beneath the green circle.

I cheated a little when creating this in CSS, as I actually used a green circle blended with the other backgrounds.

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