Optical illusions, 1/5
\documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone} \begin{document} % definition of the pieces, just to show that in % both configurations the same ones are used \newcommand{\bluetriangle}[1][]{ \draw[fill=blue,#1] (0,0)--( 8,0)--( 8,3)--cycle;} \newcommand{\yellowtriangle}[1][]{ \draw[fill=yellow,#1] (8,3)--(13,3)--(13,5)--cycle;} \newcommand{\redpolygon}[1][]{ \draw[fill=red,#1] (8,0)--(13,0)--(13,2)--(10,2)--(10,1)--(8,1)--cycle;} \newcommand{\greenpolygon}[1][]{ \draw[fill=green,#1] (8,1)--(10,1)--(10,2)--(13,2)--(13,3)--(8,3)--cycle;} \begin{tikzpicture}[x=0.5cm,y=0.5cm,thick] % the grid \draw[help lines,step=1] (-1,-1) grid (14,12); % the complete triangle \bluetriangle \yellowtriangle \redpolygon \greenpolygon % the missing square triangle \begin{scope}[yshift=3cm] \bluetriangle [shift={( 5, 2)}] \yellowtriangle[shift={(-8,-3)}] \redpolygon [shift={( 0, 0)}] \greenpolygon [shift={(-3,-1)}] \end{scope} % the solution (uncomment next line and close in) % \draw[very thin,red] (0,0)--(13,5) {[yshift=3cm] (0,0)--(13,5)}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}