Exhibit
Reef Fish stereogram
A side-profile fish drifts through deep-blue speckle — an oval body and a clean triangular tail on a navy field dotted with pale blue, sand and gold. Rendered live with a fixed seed.
Reveal answer
Rendered locally in your browser — nothing is downloaded from or uploaded to a server. Stuck? Open "Reveal answer" to see the depth map you are looking for, then fold it away and try again.
Hold the screen at arm's length and look through it, as if focusing on something behind the glass. The pattern will blur, double, and then snap into depth. New to this? The two-dot drill in How to View makes it much easier.
What is hidden in this image
A simple side-view fish facing left. The body is a smooth ellipse; the tail is a single solid triangle attached to the rear. There are no fins, eyes or gill details — the silhouette was kept minimal so the whole form reads as one continuous surface in depth rather than breaking into fragments.
About the Cobalt texture
Cobalt is a deep navy ground sprinkled with small dots in pale blue, slate, sand and occasional gold. The dots are slightly larger and more opaque than Confetti's discs, and the palette is cooler and quieter. The dark ground gives good contrast, while the restrained colour range keeps the field from feeling chaotic.
Why this pairing
The fish silhouette is slim and smooth. Cobalt's cool, sparse speckle lets the body read cleanly without competing for attention. Depth 22 gives the body a clear lift while keeping the narrow tail stable.
Where to look first
Start with the body ellipse — it is the widest, most continuous part of the shape and usually pops first. Once the body locks in, the tail appears as a flat fin extending to the right. If the tail seems to detach, shift your gaze slightly left so the whole fish stays in the same depth plane.
What may be hard to see
The tail tip is the thinnest element in the piece; at arm's length it may take a moment longer than the body to resolve. There is no internal detail, so the only challenge is maintaining a steady parallel gaze across the whole width. In our editorial judgement this is an easy-to-medium piece — a guideline, not a measured success rate.