Troxler’s fading deserves a closer look.

Troxler's fading, also called Troxler fading or the Troxler effect, is an optical illusion affecting visual perception.

Troxler's fading, also called Troxler fading or the Troxler effect, is an optical illusion affecting visual perception. When one fixates on a particular point for even a short period of time, an unchanging stimulus away from the fixation point will fade away and disappear. Research suggests that at least some portion of the perceptual phenomena associated with Troxler's fading occurs in the brain.