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[IceIpor]

There's a trick as mentioned by some posters.

See/force the colour of the shiny fabric part of the dress as white? See the bands as gold.
Tell yourself it's blue and look really hard to make it as dark as possible? See black bands.

Soo, yeah. I can force myself to see it in different ways.

 

[Izuna]

Okay, it's not white and gold, but that shit just ain't black.

Those who say it is blue and black, does the BLACK fade into light brown?

It's sooooo Blue and Brown.

 

[malfcn]

I can see it both ways.

 

[StudioTan]

I don't know how anyone is seeing black in that gold colour. The white part has a blue tint to me but in no way is the gold part black.

 

[DJ88]

This is the craziest optical illusion I've ever seen. It's fucking awesome and I'm enjoying the madness it's causing so much hahahah. I can't believe how fast it's gone viral.

It's the plane taking off a treadmill debate times a thousand.

 

[L95]

interdasting

im starting to see it ad very sky blueish, not sure why I even said it was white at first actually, I blame the OP for putting it in my head it was either black/blue or white/gold lol

I'm 100% sure the image is not being switched now, it's definitely a brain thing. I can make it switch back and forth, like that one "is the ballerina going left or right" gif

 

[Hexa]

Welp.

WINNER!

 

[DrForester]

Amazon reviews are amazing.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00SJEUCWU/

 

[Sianos]

It looked almost certainly white and gold until I noticed that the tops of the nearby dresses at the bottom left of the picture were black and compared the "gold" parts to the black dresses. From there the white, which looked like it already had a mildly blue tint, shifted all the way to blue.

That said, the black at the top of the dress looks gold in the lighting, but now my brain is correcting for that lighting.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

Left is original, the right has the saturation of blues set to -100.

For the people who see white and gold, does the right image look different to you?

left is blue and gold, right is white and gold

 

[johnny956]

Black and blue. Wife thinks it's white and gold. Even with the explanation it's still so puzzling to me

 

[Slayer-33]

The fact that some people have said it's wedding white it's what getting me. Not "white with indoor shading making it kinda blue." People are saying pure white.

I'm lookin at this thing and that's crazy talk.

It's that color but obviously some sort of indoor distortion is going on

I'm saying that I'm not budging from the white gold status.

 

[PatDH]

Shit I saw it as black and blue when I was scrolling down

Yup when I'm scrolling up/down I see it as black & blue. White & gold if I keep the page still.

 

[VisceralBowl]

THIS IS SO WRONG

We all know the original dress is dark blue and black. We are all commenting on the image. We care about the colour of the dress in the image, not IRL.

I don't care about that. The pixels say blue and brown, that is what I see. I see that actual colour of the image.

I NOW know for a fact that the idea that people who see blue and black is actually a troll. It's not a real study or anything.

If you look at where the text in the OP came from, it is just an opinion, which happens to be false.

This is what I was so worked up about, the idea that we were supposed to see the colours different to what they actually are.

On my tablet I can zoom in as much as I want on the images. When I zoom out I see the same colours.

I think people are really just posting what they mean by "colour".

This. I thought this was about image colors not IRL ones.

 

[Mr_Antimatter]

Both me and the wife see blue, and a bronzeish black.

I've no idea how one would see white here.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

I think your chi and aura have an effect on what color you see.

 

[You Are Viewtiful]

How are people seeing white and gold? The gold I can kind of get since the light hitting the black parts gives it a gold-ish color, but the blue part isn't even close to being white.

I see the image as blue and black now, but at first it was a white (and yellow-gold) dress with a blue shadow on it.

 

[ShemhazaiX]

THIS IS SO WRONG

We all know the original dress is dark blue and black. We are all commenting on the image. We care about the colour of the dress in the image, not IRL.

I don't care about that. The pixels say blue and brown, that is what I see. I see that actual colour of the image.

I NOW know for a fact that the idea that people who see blue and black is actually a troll. It's not a real study or anything.

If you look at where the text in the OP came from, it is just an opinion, which happens to be false.

This is what I was so worked up about, the idea that we were supposed to see the colours different to what they actually are.

On my tablet I can zoom in as much as I want on the images. When I zoom out I see the same colours.

I think people are really just posting what they mean by "colour".

Dude. You're completely ignoring what I'm trying to say. People aren't arguing over the pixel values. They're arguing over what colour the dress is IRL. I don't understand why you refuse to answer the question of what colour you think it is IRL. The actual OPs wording is not what people are arguing about. There is pretty much zero trolling beyond a few people saying stuff like "Pink" or whatever. People are just interpreting it as either a white and gold dress or a blue and black dress. Even with the dress having its true colour revealed people still think there's a white and gold version.

 

[SDCowboy]

this thread is scaring me, i'm able to switch between white/gold and black/blue pretty easily

Same. It's switch all over for me between the two for me. lol

 

[Bold One]

Still seeing grey-ish white and gold

 

[Prompto]

A friend sent me this earlier and all I see is blue and black. I've tried changing the brightness, tilting my phone, and some other tricks but I still only see blue and black.

 

[ShooterMcGavin]

Turned off the lights and now I definitely see the blue and black. Crazy shit.

 

[Isotope]

This is driving me mad, yet I can't leave or look away.

 

[PaperFlame]

Dude. You're completely ignoring what I'm trying to say. People aren't arguing over the pixel values. They're arguing over what colour the dress is IRL. I don't understand why you refuse to answer the question of what colour you think it is IRL. The actual OPs wording is not what people are arguing about. There is pretty much zero trolling beyond a few people saying stuff like "Pink" or whatever. People are just interpreting it as either a white and gold dress or a blue and black dress. Even with the dress having its true colour revealed people still think there's a white and gold version.

No, people actually see it as blue and black.

 

[Chezzymann]

Left is original, the right has the saturation of blues set to -100.

For the people who see white and gold, does the right image look different to you?

Yes, both look very different. But both also look like a white and gold dress to me. Again I dont think this has anything to do with the actual colors of the image but instead the arrangement of them that makes people interpret it in different ways depending on what they think is happening with the light in the image.

 

[johnny956]

How are people seeing white and gold? The gold I can kind of get since the light hitting the black parts gives it a gold-ish color, but the blue part isn't even close to being white.

Yup I get the gold look due to the lighting with the black but white I'm so confused

 

[LookAtMeGo]

Me and my girlfriend are both looking at it at the same time and are seeing it differently. This is some twilight zone shit.

 

[themagicalkitsune]

Has this been posted ?

This just in: scientists have proved that people who saw white & gold had a bully in their childhood named Bill.

 

[Grexeno]

Wait what the flying fuck. Unless the image in the OP is different I see black/blue now.

 

[L95]

I want more color optical illusions now, haha

 

[TAJ]

Its camera flash + overexposure.. what shade?



Yes it is gold, but that's not really a relevant issue in this imo. The white/blue debate is far more relevant.

With that backlighting the dress is slightly shadowed. Absent hue, in an accurate photo a white dress would be captured as light gray. Add the little bit of blue to the equation and you get the light blue.

 

[Skux]

Fuck, now it looks blue and black.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE

 

[DJ88]

Yup I get the gold look due to the lighting with the black but white I'm so confused

Because white can look bluish when under a shadow or in shade.

 

[Treythalomew]

It switches for me on the regular and it's pretty fun. I've been leaving the picture open and coming back to if and it's hilarious to see it switch from white and gold and black and blue. Pretty cool.

 

[Izuna]

Dude. You're completely ignoring what I'm trying to say. People aren't arguing over the pixel values. They're arguing over what colour the dress is IRL. I don't understand why you refuse to answer the question of what colour you think it is IRL. The actual OPs wording is not what people are arguing about. There is pretty much zero trolling beyond a few people saying stuff like "Pink" or whatever. People are just interpreting it as either a white and gold dress or a blue and black dress. Even with the dress having its true colour revealed people still think there's a white and gold version.

THIS is not what the question is.

People are talking about the dress "in the image". No one gives a shit about what it is IRL above trying to found out the correct answer. The photo, itself, is what people are arguing about.

Look at the title of this thread for example.

 

[ST3K3LLY]

White & gold

 

[jay6784]

Wedding white and gold still, since I came into the thread, haven't seen a single change.

My brain is rock solid I guess.

Stare at the bright area in the upper right corner of the background. This should look white. Slide your eyes over to the sleeve of the dress. Does the sleeve not look blue to you now?

In order to interpret it as black, you have to take the exposure of the photo into account.

 

[The Shogun]

Man for those of you who've only seen it one way prepare for some trippy shit if and when you get the other colors

 

[Lashley]

white and gold

 

[Storm Kyleis]

THIS IS SO WRONG

We all know the original dress is dark blue and black. We are all commenting on the image. We care about the colour of the dress in the image, not IRL.

I don't care about that. The pixels say blue and brown, that is what I see. I see that actual colour of the image.

I NOW know for a fact that the idea that people who see blue and black is actually a troll. It's not a real study or anything.

If you look at where the text in the OP came from, it is just an opinion, which happens to be false.

This is what I was so worked up about, the idea that we were supposed to see the colours different to what they actually are.

On my tablet I can zoom in as much as I want on the images. When I zoom out I see the same colours.

I think people are really just posting what they mean by "colour".

This. I think.

The weird thing is that many people are able to "switch" between one or the another. I don't think it's up to interpretation, maybe it's really just like that old ballerina gif.

 

[Floridian]

 

[Gentleman Jack]

What really changed it for me was being outside at night looking at the same image on my phone. The first time I saw it was at full screen size on a 32' cinema display and my brain said 'white and gold.' Then I walked to my car after dark and looked at it on a much smaller screen and outside a brightly-lit office. The dress's blue hues no longer looked like white in shadow, but the 'black' was definitely still a burnt brown color.

 

[Vandiger]

Switches alot, I can see both WG and BB. Very odd.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Did yall switch the picture its black and blue now.... WTF

 

[Haint]

Even the eye and brain nerds who create all those optical illusions/exercises won't be able to explain this mind fuck. Opened this thread and looked at that brown and white dress and said WTF is this horse bastard trying to pull. Saw people saying blue and black and said look at these trolling fucks. Saw more and said ok yea, looks like the white balance is pretty blue biased, guess I can see some people seeing blue. Jump to last page and see the exposure corrected pic and people saying to play with the brightness on a mobile device and holy shit that horse bastard must have changed the OP pic.

 

[Zornack]

Saw white & gold, closed laptop, played some Monster Hunter, opened laptop and saw blue & black.

Sorcery.

 

[3phemeral]

Man for those of you who've only seen it one way prepare for some trippy shit if and when you get the other colors

I keep waiting for the moment it switches to white and black but unlike the spinning dancer, I can only see it as black and blue.

 

[theepicoftyler]

It just switched to white for me after being an adamant blue and black defender. It faded back to blue as I stared in amazement

 

[Aeana]

I was in the white/gold camp until I viewed the upside down version linked above. Now the version in the OP looks blue/black and I can't see it as white/gold anymore no matter how I try. This is fascinating. The explanation in the OP sounds like bs though.

 

[Welfare]

Man for those of you who've only seen it one way prepare for some trippy shit if and when you get the other colors

I only see the correct way.