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Vertical stripes are the ones that widen. Advertisement. Two optical illusions explain why. First, there’s the Helmholtz illusion, which consists of two squares composed of seven lines each.

Stripes tend to create the illusion of space: vertical stripes make ceilings look higher and horizontal ones make rooms appear wider, so they are perfect in spaces that are quite compact.