The Dress

[qwertysaur]

I see blue/black

[metagloria]

It's obviously, objectively blue/black in "reality." If you see it as white/gold, I'm pretty sure it means your brain doesn't correctly process the way that color and light work in photos.

I mean, the color displayed at the very top, for instance is "gold." Because that's how black looks in bright yellow, overexposed light. So when you see that it's dark "gold" and that everything else is overexposed, you make the natural adjustment and realize "in reality, this is black." Of course, nothing is "true black" in reality; but it's as black as anything else you call black.

The blue ... this one truly makes no sense to me, it's blue both in actual palette and in light-adjusted reality, even the photo alterations that try to "whiten" it still typically leave it a little blue.

This is the best summary I've seen. I can totally understand that the black doesn't look black. It kind of looks like dark brown. But what drugs do you have to be on to see light blue as being white?

The picture above looks light blue if that's what you take it as. To me, that particular picture looks like a white and gold dress that was photographed in poor lighting that distorted the white to blue. As a very pale person who often shows up looking blue in dim lighting, that's how my eyes perceive it. Of course I can tell the dress in the picture above is a very faint blue, but if it was a white dress taken in dim lighting, it'd show up blue.

Hope that answers the question for you!

...You don't realize that your skin is blue?

[Loony BoB]

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[Pumpkin]

I see pale blue and gold

[Dat Matt]

Also It's Blue and Black.

[Spuuky]

I have learned from this Historic Internet Event that way more guys see it as blue/black and nearly all women see it as white/gold.

[CimminyCricket]

I have seen both in the same image. I am both confused and aroused. :\

[chionos]

I have learned from this Historic Internet Event that way more guys see it as blue/black and nearly all women see it as white/gold.

I wish people would stop saying that because I see white/gold and I'm sticking to it.

[Rocket Edge]

You guys make me lol. How is this stupid? Yeah it's a dress, but I think it's interesting that people can see different colours.

It's blue and black as I see it.

[Sephex]

For the record I don't think the actual picture is stupid, but how people are reacting towards each other because of it (not limited to just this site or even the internet). When I feel that it is easier to discuss abortion or gamer gate, there's a problem.

[Shlup]

If you absolutely can't see black and blue then it's because your cones aren't dilating, which means you can't see as well in low-light. I see it black and blue unless I've just come in from spending time in a brighter room.

[escobert]

OTHER

The first picture I saw f it, it looked light Blue and Gold to me.

[Ceiladora]

It could be any colour combination depending on your eyesight. Mother Earth knows there's plenty of colour blind people on her world, so to some the dress might look black and brown, or black and grey. I don't know how to justify it true colour duality but it could be all four white, gold, black and blue. The thrills of optical illusion is something I enjoy. Yeah it depends on your screen contrast, brightness etc.

[Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World]

Yeah it depends on your screen contrast, brightness etc.

I don't think it does. I've seen it on the same website on the same computer screen and seen both color variations. I have experienced the change on two different computers and my phone.

[Shlup]

The clearest explanation I've found: