What Color is The Dress?

[Green Precision 421]

So much craziness... and i like it.. so what do you see..

 

Black and blue, or gold and white?  

 

 

 

 

I see black and blue

[Starshine 16,330]

I see... a really washed-out brown and blue dress

[Green Precision 421]

Apparently..

 

Black and Blue means that your eyes function well..

 

and gold and white means that your eyes do not mix colors well in dim light.

 

interesting 

[long gone 8,929]

I see gold and white, although the white looks a bit like washed-out blue.

[Moonlight 7,279]

As if tumblr isn't the only site fighting over this

 

 

I see an ugly dress black and blue

[mars 4,861]

, this thread will not generate much serious discussion. The point of making threads is to be able to create a meaningful discussion among other members. I'm gonna lock this thread, I suggest making a blog post about it instead.

[Phoenix Flair 332]

Okay.  This is freaking weird. 

 

 

Have you seen this yet?  It's all over the internet right now, a popular illusion.  Apparently different people see this dress in completely different color schemes.  I see a white and gold dress, other people swear they see black and blue or brown and blue.  Is this for real?  Or am I really, really gullible?  What colors do you see?

[Mouse 302]

It looks pretty white and gold to me. Though the white may have the slightest of a blue tint and the gold looks a little brown.

Edited February 27, 2015 by Mouse

[CaptainDoubloon 856]

To me it looks blue with black stripes.

[ponylaces 1,869]

Oh wow, my friends and I were talking about this today. Anyway, the dress is gold and white for me.

[Snow Frostflame 3,567]

looks blue and black to me....

[Snake 515]

its gold and white for me. but, if i tilt my screen back and then forward again, it becomes blue and black.

[Mouse 302]

 

The two painted colors are identical to the ones on the dress, but they actually look blue and dark gray to me. This is really strange.

[The Leafeon Pinkeh 3,602]

I see blue and black, and even if I tilt my screen or whatever it stays blue with black stripes.

>->

[GenderIsAnIllusion 2,177]

i see gold and white....

 

Yeah have no clue about the whole illusion thing.

[Snake 515]

It just changed right in front of me, im tripping out so hard. I cant handle it, I dont want to see that dress again in my whole life. Im scared of things I cant explain.

[duidamasterXD 9,626]

I found an educational (and hopefully correct) post about it over here. It's apparently called a Cornsweet illusion, and it works because our brains see color relative to what it's surrounded by and how we think it's lit. The idea is, some people somehow see all the yellow, crummy lighting and correct the dress to be similar colors. It's really really weird, and it makes me wonder what else I've been confusing all this time

 

EDIT: It also seems to have something to do with where you perceive the light as coming from. I've read some responses from people who see the white and gold saying that it is in some kind of shadow. Their brains, believing this probably try making the whole image lighter. This results in a light blue becoming white and a sort of faded, brownish black becoming gold

 

The problem here is that it is also lit from the front, with a white, crappy lighting that makes the blue appear lighter and the black appear slightly browner. For people who see the white and gold, I'd suggest trying to block out the background lighting and imagining that the dress is under some kind of bright light.

 

Saw the blue and black all along . I've tried seeing whether I can flip back and forth like some people seem to be able to, and I can't. Whether this is a positive thing (my mind can't be tricked into seeing things it knows aren't there!) or a negative thing (my mind isn't flexible ) is up for debate

[Phoenix Flair 332]

Apparently some people somehow see all the yellow, crummy lighting and correct the dress to be similar colors.

Dude!  You're right!  I blocked out the edges of the photo with my fingers and I can kinda see the blue and brown now.  

[CC_Maud_Pie 6,431]

I see blue and somewhere between brown and gold.

[Starshine 16,330]

 

Same dress, same tumblr user, same blag, different lighting

 

Y'all white and gold seer be tripping

[Pastel 7,627]

I see it gold and white, but I'm a bit colorblind....

Edited February 27, 2015 by Blobulle

[GammaDove 428]

It's green, am I the only one who sees the green?

[yeet 2,026]

It's green, am I the only one who sees the green?

no. I just showed my brother, he said it is greenyblue amd black. You're not alone xD

I saw it blue and black

[GammaDove 428]

no. I just showed my brother, he said it is greenyblue amd black. You're not alone xD

I saw it blue and black

No, I mean it's solid green.

[Hocus Pocus 636]

WHOA WHOA WTF!!! I saw this on facebook and it was white and gold, and now it looks black and blue! Are you pulling my leg right now? Are you changing the picture? what's going on?!?!?!