Scientists conducted a series of tests to see how horseflies, also known as tabanids, reacted to the light reflected by solid black, brown-grey and white horses, as well as the vertical stripes of ...

Previous research showed an opposite slimming effect for horizontal stripes Wearing vertical stripes makes ... in which a black rectangle surrounded by white looks smaller than the same rectangle ...

Instead of installing uniform tiles, she covered the space in black and white bars that stretched ... advantages to using the pattern. Vertical stripes make a room appear taller, whereas ...

It is covered by several striking black and white vertical stripes. But when the animal is still, these stripes actually keep it well hidden among the vertical branches of the corals among which ...