Reading Rainbow

Season 9 Episode 6: Opt: An Illusionary Tale

In this episode, all is not what it seems as LeVar demonstrates optical illusions from the book by Arline and Joseph Baum. He also shows how special effects are created for television; meets artist Christian Thee, who paints trompe l'oeil, or "trick-the-eye," paintings; and shows clips of kids creating their own optical illusions as well as camouflage tricks that animals use to deceive predators.

Genre:

Kids

Seasons:

21

Episodes:

155

Cast:

LeVar Burton

Quality:

HD

Duration:

30 min

First Air:

1983

Rating:

8.4