Optical illusions, 4/5
\documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone} \newcommand{\cafestrip}[1][]{% \foreach \a in {1,...,6} {\draw[gray,very thick,fill=black,#1] (2*\a-1,0) rectangle(2*\a,1) ; \draw[gray,very thick,fill=white,#1] (2*\a,0) rectangle(2*\a+1,1);} } \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} %% the horizontal lines appear to slope \foreach \b/\c in {1/0,2/3,3/0,4/-3,5/0,6/3} \cafestrip[xshift=\c mm,yshift=\b cm]; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}