What Color is this Dress?

White and gold.

@jaken7: HOLY CRAP, I CAN SEE IT NOW! My mind just imploded on itself. Whoa. My eyes lied to me! Granted, I'm blind as a bat and had contacts in when I first viewed the picture, but with my contacts out, I can see it. Whoa. Just...whoa.

It's not white.. Just look at the material, prone to reflection, add in all overexposed lighting and it blends. Could also be a poor white balance setting on the camera causing issues, but it's definitely some type of blue.

Now you know what we see!

If only there was a way I could see what you guys see though. :/

Sidenote: My mom told me she falls in line with that 75% demographic that see white and gold (like yourself). Broke my heart a little. xD

Oh, really!? That's what did it!?

Interesting...

The real answer is that we cant tell from looking at the photo. Sorry, but that's the correct answer people.

The colors we see in the photo are affected by 1) the true color, 2) the lighting, 3) the camera, and 4) the monitor that you're using to view it. It's entirely possible for one color to look like another with the right combination of lighting and other factors.

As far as what it looks like from that photo on my monitor... it looks like a white dress with gold(ish) stripes.

I actually don't think it was just the contacts. I have my glasses on, and I can still see the blue. Part of it could be that I'm in a better mood than I was earlier. Apparently mood affects how you see the dress or something. Also, it's late right now, so part of it could be that I'm tired. Regardless, my eyes still suck.

Also, this article might help you see the white and gold. Whenever I look at it, I revert back to seeing white and gold, and then go back to black and blue. It's trippy.

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most photos blue and black with the odd one blue and blacky-gold, it is blue and black though, just put it in photoshop and colour pallet it ;)

Agreed.

I saw that article. Someone posted a link on the previous page ages ago.

While the super brightened picture helped me to kind of sort of see where you guys are coming from, overall I'm still perceiving it as a blue and black dress in a really bright photo. :/

Ugh. It's frustrating.

Heh... I see how you slipped that "blue" in there. =)

But, yeah, depending on the lighting it's easy to make something that's blue look whitish, or something that's white look blue. People just dont intuitively understand that images can be affected greatly by things like lighting and contrast.

It's not just the lighting of the picture though. It's how each individual person's brain is compensating for the lighting and perceiving the colors of the image that makes the difference. It's half technology and half neuroscience.

It's...it's just really trippy.

For people who see white and gold, does isolating the squares from the image where adobe's color picker tool was used help at all?

I tried it with other people who see white and gold, and they said they see shades of blue, grey, and brown.

Here's the un-isolated images in case anyone missed 'em:

I've seen both. Originally I saw white and gold but then I saw the video where this girl is like "IS THIS BLACK? NO ITS GOLD, B!TCH!!!" in a very dark room and I slowly saw the dress transition from white/gold to blue/black.

The Dress is Blue & Black; Wired did Science and Wham: http://www.wired.com/2015/02/science-one-agrees-color-dress/

It's blue and light brown

IT'S MAKING FACEBOOK AND TWITTER INSANE NOW COMICVINE.

I'm wearing my eyeglasses and it's white and gold, I removed it, it's still white and gold.

I guess not everybody has the trick. Or you aren't trying hard enough.

Looks white and gold to me.

well I cant help, I'm partially colorblind. Lmao.

I see Green in it, so I'm out. Haha

White and gold.

Suicide in 3....2....1

Hahaha for sure, if still, we all can't agree it will become the biggest mystery. Regardless, the company that made the dress will now make two versions. Lol

Timon and Pumbaa were way ahead of their time.

Its white and gold.

Just because people can photoshop it or make different coloured dresses doesn't change the fact that the one in the OP... is white and gold you bunch of virgins.

WHERE THE F*CK IS THE BLACK?!

Ssshhhhhh :P

I loled hard at this part ahah

@arturocalakayvee: ;)

eh I looks better as white and gold anyway so they lose anyway.

gold and white

Orange and gray

Blue & Black.

In the unedited image, it does look blue and black. After looking at it again, it's white and gold.

At first, I thought it was some kind of weird Internet conspiracy to test how dumb I am.

I always assumed the reason it appeared different colored (truth be told, that white and gold pic just looked light blue and silver/grey tbh) was cause of the lighting.

I love that this was a thing and that I was around for this thing.

It's black and blue tho. I can't even see how people are getting white and gold.

When I saw it on T.V I saw black and blue, but the picture posted here is definitely white and gold/tan.

Black and White, I'm Color Blind

I looked at it 3 times on 1 phone, 1 iPad, and 1 computer

All was blue and gold

My sister did the same thing

She saw white and gold

The dress is blue and black, but thanks to the lighting it looked completely different. Pretty Neat.

The actual dress is black and blue so if you think otherwise you are flat out wrong. It has to do with your perception and how the lighting affects how you see the colors.

Another trend...

It's clearly white and gold, end of debate. Next trend?

White/light blue with gold/brownish stripes

So, basically, this:

http://xkcd.com/1492/

One in the OP is White and Gold though. Your gif even proves it.

Unless people literally can't distinguish the two colour schemes in the gif... Doesn't matter if someone tampered with the lighting to make a blue and black dress look white and gold. Its CLEARLY white and gold :D