The original photograph of the dress The dress was a 2015 online viral phenomenon centred on a photograph of a dress. Viewers disagreed on whether the dress was blue and black, or white and gold. The phenomenon revealed differences in human colour perception and became the subject of scientific investigations into neuroscience and vision science.
The phenomenon originated in a photograph of a. The retailer of the dress confirmed that the real color of the 'Lace Bodycon Dress' was actually blue and black. So, although the dress is blue and black, your unconscious overthinking makes you see it as white and gold.
Do you ever wonder if your perception of colors is the same as others? It turns out that people can see colors differently. Blue and black or white and gold? A decade later, it turns out the ultra. The now infamous dress that divided the internet back in 2015 sparked fierce debate over whether it was blue and black or white and gold.
While people furiously argued over the actual color of the dress, the fascination revealed something interesting about human perception, biases and the subjective nature of reality. Rather than seeing the color of the dress itself as either white or blue with gold or black trim, the participants reported seeing a spectrum of shades from light blue to dark blue, with yellow. Other photographs show that the dress is actually blue and black.
In this second photograph, the white wedding dress, dark curtains, visible skin tones and body shadows help us accurately judge. People who saw the actual dress in person confirmed it looked blue and black. When overexposed, the dress showed as white/gold, revealing its true colors.
Through these methods of verification, it became clear the dress was indisputably blue and black in color. The overexposed photo had simply distorted the hues to the point where assumptions kicked in and created a perceptual divide. So what is the actual, real dress color? It pains me to say this, but the real dress color is black and blue.
What struck me was my initial impulse to cast aside the naysayers of team White and Gold. There was the instinct for my vision of the world to be correct. This was quite common in the debates I found online.
The infamous white and gold or blue and black dress that went viral turns 10. TODAY looks back at this pop culture moment and asks what color do you see? Ten years later, white and gold continues to lead in the original Buzzfeed poll with 2.5 million votes, while blue and black has 1.2 million votes - despite that being the actual colors of "the dress.".