Picture a horse

Close your eyes and picture a horse

Then make this photo match what you saw. Blur it, fade it, darken it or take the colour out. Some people see a horse as clearly as a photo. Some see nothing at all.

The horse photo, changed to match how you picture a horse

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Blur
0

How sharp is it?

Fade
0%

How solid is it, or is it see-through?

Light
100%

How bright or dark is it?

Grey
0%

Is there colour, or is it grey?

What 12,620 people saw

Everyone here pictured the same horse and set the same photo to match.

  1. A horse set to “Nothing at all”

    34%

    Nothing at all

    4,345 horses

  2. A horse set to “A faint trace”

    20%

    A faint trace

    2,485 horses

  3. A horse set to “Partly clear”

    24%

    Partly clear

    3,031 horses

  4. A horse set to “As clear as the photo”

    22%

    As clear as the photo

    2,759 horses

These are people who came to a site about aphantasia, so little or no imagery is far more common here than in the population. Horses saved without a change are left out, because we can’t tell a clear picture from a skipped step.

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Read more about the range

Picture a horse: how clearly do you see it? | Aphantasia Network