The colors of this photo will appear different to everyone. I think?

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Hearing that the blue black people had superior eyes was devastating as I have lived my life believing my eyes were perfect. Glad that photoshop has shown that white gold is correct. I would lose sleep otherwise.
 
izunadono said:
:( I am angry at all of you.

I don't want to live in a world where people see that as black and get to say their eyes are better. Not scientific, I want a professor with a PHD (a real personal health degree) to tell me what's going on.

In seriousness though. There are images here that take the colours out with RGB values and everything. No one on blue and black has ever actually said the clear brown pixels are black. So they must be overcompensating something.
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Just wondering, but ignoring the colour picking in photoshop, can you actually tell that the dress is blue and black if it was taken out of the photo? As in, ignoring that the isolated colours are blue and brown, do your eyes pick up on the true colour of the dress?
 
I'm curious, does removing the context (the background lighting) make a difference? I mean, it's obvious you can still see the effects of the overexposure, but still:

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Oh god guys! I checked and it's totally blue/black now!

No. It's still white and gold and you are all still liars.
 
this is completely unedited color-wise, just without the surroundings.

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i really don't care about the white/blue but the rest is clearly gold.
 
EskimoJoe said:
Alright, I'm out of this thread. I think I've found an explanation that's satisfying enough for me, and we're starting to go in circles.

It's a picture of a black and blue dress, that is all washed out or over-exposed or whatever. Because of that, the actual image has white and gold colors. The pixels, that is. So people who are trying to find the color of the actual pixels in the image see white and gold. While people trying to find the color of the actual dress that has been photographed see blue and black. Because the black and blue people know the actual color of the dress, their minds make the picture look black and blue. And it's a very persistent illusion. I still can't get back to white and gold. The people who say white and gold are correct that that is the color of the pixels in the image, even if it is not the color of the dress itself.

I think someone else made this comparison before with a picture of the White House, but it's the perfect explanation: If you look at a picture of the White House, in a shadow, it will look slightly blue in those parts. The pixels of that part of the image will even be blue. But the White House itself is still...white.

The only reason this is an argument is because people are arguing past each other without bothering the clarify definitions. I think most people would agree with this summary: The picture is a picture of a black and blue dress that, due to being over exposed, is represented in the image with white-ish and gold-ish pixels.

Alright, that's my speech. Have fun, guys.
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The picture is definitely light blue tho
 
3phemeral said:
I'm curious, does removing the context (the background lighting) make a difference? I mean, it's obvious you can still see the effects of the overexposure, but still:
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Removing context I see light blue and gold.

EDIT: However scrolling up and down to examine the image, the bottom half is darker more resembling a faded black.
 
The White House explanation works for making something that's white look blue. But I don't get how the reverse can happen.
 
EskimoJoe said:
Alright, I'm out of this thread. I think I've found an explanation that's satisfying enough for me, and we're starting to go in circles.

It's a picture of a black and blue dress, that is all washed out or over-exposed or whatever. Because of that, the actual image has white and gold colors. The pixels, that is. So people who are trying to find the color of the actual pixels in the image see white and gold. While people trying to find the color of the actual dress that has been photographed see blue and black. Because the black and blue people know the actual color of the dress, their minds make the picture look black and blue. And it's a very persistent illusion. I still can't get back to white and gold. The people who say white and gold are correct that that is the color of the pixels in the image, even if it is not the color of the dress itself.

I think someone else made this comparison before with a picture of the White House, but it's the perfect explanation: If you look at a picture of the White House, in a shadow, it will look slightly blue in those parts. The pixels of that part of the image will even be blue. But the White House itself is still...white.

The only reason this is an argument is because people are arguing past each other without bothering the clarify definitions. I think most people would agree with this summary: The picture is a picture of a black and blue dress that, due to being over exposed, is represented in the image with white-ish and gold-ish pixels.

Alright, that's my speech. Have fun, guys.
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But it's blue and black, because of the lighting the colors seem a bit washed out and the black a bit brownish...

but white and gold? that's just wrong buddy
 
Currently in talks with the admins to create a special subforum for people who incorrectly see it as white to post in. You'll be able to access the regular boards with weekend passes if you apply early and on time.
 
Ralemont said:
Blue-ish color is:

R: 129
G: 146
B: 192

Black is:

R: 73
G: 57
B: 41

Note that to me the blue is a blue-ish grey, the black definitely has some gold mixed in (making it closer to brown in most areas), and for the spot I eyedropped, the colors shown in color picker spot it between blue and white and black and gold almost exactly. To me it definitely looks blue and not white, and the black is definitely the dominant color rather than gold.
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Your "black" values are brown. If you see black you need to calibrate your monitor.
 
3phemeral said:
I'm curious, does removing the context (the background lighting) make a difference? I mean, it's obvious you can still see the effects of the overexposure, but still:
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When I first scrolled it was white / gold but as I made my way down the dress it changed to blue / black

I SWEAR BY MY ACCOUNT I'm not lying here
 
EmCeeGramr said:
Currently in talks with the admins to create a special subforum for people who incorrectly see it as white and gold to post in. You'll be able to access the regular boards with weekend passes if you apply early and on time.
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Thank you. I've had it up to here with these heathens.
 
ShemhazaiX said:
Just wondering, but ignoring the colour picking in photoshop, can you actually tell that the dress is blue and black if it was taken out of the photo? As in, ignoring that the isolated colours are blue and brown, do your eyes pick up on the true colour of the dress?
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I see exactly what happens when you isolate the pixels. I am convinced that people who see otherwise have the bad eyes.
 
Ok it's definitely not a trick. I saved a screenshot of it and then focused on that captured image for while. I turned away to check one thing, looked back and it had turned from white/gold to blue/black. Then slowly before my eyes it turned white/gold again, but if I squinted, went bad to being black/blue.

Weirdly, now I can see either version of colours on a whim, by choice. If I focus at the top part of the image, specifically at the gold area of the neck for a few seconds, it slowly turns gold/white, but if I look towards the lower half, where there's a cluster of stripes and focus there, it goes back to being black/blue. It must just be a result of the way our eyes focus and shift to see different things.

Weird.
 
EmCeeGramr said:
Currently in talks with the admins to create a special subforum for people who incorrectly see it as white to post in. You'll be able to access the regular boards with weekend passes if you apply early and on time.
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Add hidden messages in black and blue on those passes that make fun of their condition.
 
EmCeeGramr said:
Currently in talks with the admins to create a special subforum for people who incorrectly see it as white to post in. You'll be able to access the regular boards with weekend passes if you apply early and on time.
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I blame the dark theme. It's making people delusional.
 
Ralemont said:
Blue-ish color is:

R: 129
G: 146
B: 192

Black is:

R: 73
G: 57
B: 41

Note that to me the blue is a blue-ish grey, the black definitely has some gold mixed in (making it closer to brown in most areas), and for the spot I eyedropped, the colors shown in color picker spot it between blue and white and black and gold almost exactly. To me it definitely looks blue and not white, and the black is definitely the dominant color rather than gold.
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The colours you refer to:
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EskimoJoe said:
Alright, I'm out of this thread. I think I've found an explanation that's satisfying enough for me, and we're starting to go in circles.

It's a picture of a black and blue dress, that is all washed out or over-exposed or whatever. Because of that, the actual image has white-ish and gold-ish colors. The pixels, that is. So people who are trying to find the color of the actual pixels in the image see white and gold. While people trying to find the color of the actual dress that has been photographed see blue and black. Because the black and blue people know the actual color of the dress, their minds make the picture look black and blue. And it's a very persistent illusion. I still can't get back to white and gold. The people who say white and gold are correct that that is the color of the pixels in the image, even if it is not the color of the dress itself.

I think someone else made this comparison before with a picture of the White House, but it's the perfect explanation: If you look at a picture of the White House, in a shadow, it will look slightly blue in those parts. The pixels of that part of the image will even be blue. But the White House itself is still...white.

The only reason this is an argument is because people are arguing past each other without bothering the clarify definitions. I think most people would agree with this summary: The picture is a picture of a black and blue dress that, due to being over exposed, is represented in the image with white-ish and gold-ish pixels.

Alright, that's my speech. Have fun, guys.
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The problem with this theory is that there are people adamant that the dress isn't blue at all. What we have is a combination of what you're saying mixed with differing levels of ability to contextualise tonal shifts. Which, personally, I find fascinating.
 
EmCeeGramr said:
Currently in talks with the admins to create a special subforum for people who incorrectly see it as white to post in. You'll be able to access the regular boards with weekend passes if you apply early and on time.
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I've never been happier to be a part of GAF.
 
SSPssp said:
Weird, on my phone I was seeing white and gold, but on my monitor I'm seeing blue and gold. (not blue and black.) WTF does that mean?



Whew! Me too.
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It means your monitor has a blue tint to it. Check the screen tones settings :P
The photo itself has very light blue tones, if the settings in your monitor are even slightly blue, then you will see stronger blues than everyone else.
 
Floridian said:
Are you trolling yourself? Black/blue or white/gold club only
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The trim seems like it could be a faded black, but I see a dark gold, or almost bronze color. It might be the lighting. Are the white/gold people seeing bright gold? I feel like I'm a planeswalker here.
 
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