I shrink as I grow, I vanish when I’m full. What am I?
Category: Brain · Difficulty: hard
Hint: Think of something that changes with light and size inversely.
Answer
A fading shadow
Explanation
A shadow becomes smaller (shrinks) as its source grows stronger and disappears when light is full, unlike physical objects which don’t vanish when full.
This is a hard brain riddle — a tricky one that takes a little thought. The answer is A fading shadow.
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