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[Mushroomer25]

Not sure if it's been posted, this explanation helped personally.

(Blue and Black for me, but this at least explains how somebody could hypothetically see it another way.)

 

[keisuke999]

No matter how long I look, I can only see blue and black

 

[Spyder_Monkey]

I've been staring at this image off and on on both my laptop and my phone for over an hour at various brightness settings and I still see blue and black (although the top part does look kinda gold but that my be because of lighting). I have continuously failed to see the dress as white and gold. I'm now convinced either I'm going insane or everyone around me is going insane. Please send help.

 

[FiggyCal]

Now thanks to this image, I am back to light blue and gold.

Anyone got some Marijuana?

The gold part is now exactly like the bright brown area on the right of the image.

EDIT: Blue is darker now.

My life is changing.

What colour am I?

Weirdest part was that I couldn't stop seeing it in black and blue no matter which version of the picture I saw. Now I'm back to white and gold.

 

[Chezzymann]

So I think it's pretty obvious the explanation in the OP is wrong. I wonder why people keep changing?

Because the image is taken at just the right lighting where its just dark enough to be interpreted as white under shadow, and just light enough to be interpreted as vibrant blue under a bright light, similar to this image:

In other words its simply an optical illusion and nothing else.

 

[Coreda]

I suspect what's going on is that the overexposure causes the bright light in the upper-right corner to be interpreted as the only light source. If it's sunlight coming from far behind the dress, which is a natural interpretation for the picture in the OP, then the front of the dress is in shadow. People will interpret the color of the dress as some color in shadow.

I think you may have discovered why some think it's white in a shadow (no idea for those that think it's white in the actual image though).

Edit: I didn't realize this photo was taken by the store's full-frame glass door (zoomed out a lot more it becomes clearer). This explains a lot of the differences in perception actually.

 

[HalfBakedProphet]

I saw it as white and gold earlier. Come back an hour later and now its blue and black

Lol at the "high functioning cones" bullshit

 

[Neoweee]

its blue and black btw, just a really overexposed photo

Yup.

If you shine a yellow light on something that's black (and slightly shiny?), and over-expose the fuck out of the image, it will look brown/gold-ish.

Not sure if it's been posted, this explanation helped personally.

(Blue and Black for me, but this at least explains how somebody could hypothetically see it another way.)

Very good. That at least explains why people initially think one thing, but fortunately, there's a right answer!

 

[Izuna]

All the other images remain white and gold but this one is black and blue to me.

WHAT IS GOING ON!?


Edit:
I know it has been edited but before when I saw it I saw it as white and gold.

Lol, your posts are so funny.

 

[Enzio]

How in the Sam hell is anyone seeing blue (primary, not the light blue shaded white) and black? I've refreshed, scrolled down and back up, etc. looked at it on my laptop and iPad. I'm on neodark, which could be an issue.

I'm using the dark theme as well, and it's black and blue for me.

 

[RazorbackDB]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5v377erIkc

see guys your eyes get tired so you start seeing blue and black, mine don't.

 

[foxuzamaki]

HOLY SHIT ITS BLACK AND BLUE NOW WTF IS GOING ON

 

[RowdyReverb]

Try looking at the photo out of the corner of your eye and it turns black and blue. You can also let your eyes go out of focus and stare past the dress. Probably related to the rods and cones theory since cones are more concentrated in the macula, or "center" of your eye, and the peripheral vision is more dominated by cones.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Is the sky behind him white too? Because it's a brighter blue than the blue in the photo...

The sky looks blue. I think the fact that it looks photoshoped from two clearly different photos does it. But if i click the picture for it to expand it goes back to bluish, but when it is the small quote it looks like a white dress.

 

[arhra]

Is the sky behind him white too? Because it's a brighter blue than the blue in the photo...

I'm guessing what's happening there is that with it juxtaposed against the blue sky, people can see it as a shaded white object with indirect (blue-tinted) sky-lighting. Especially with the other contextual hints (such as the very obviously yellow-tinted clothes behind it) edited out.

 

[Salsa]

this better be some simpsons skeleton angel marketing campaign

 

[Captain Fish]

I keep trying to mess with brightness and stuff but I can't get it to turn white. I can't even process how it's being seen like that.

I did some really basic manipulation setting the lighter part of the dress as white in a colour correction. It makes the whole image look as if it's covered with yellow light. The dress colours seem more like they are white and gold in that image, but with a yellow tint. It's consistent with some people saying that the dress is in the shade and the yellow lighting in the background. Even with it looking like that, my brain just subtracts out the yellow hue and sees blue and black.

It's the complete opposite of the white corrections that remove the tinted light and calibrate so that the white correction is to the white of the black and white cloth behind the dress.

 

[kirby_fox]

It's shifting back and forth for me now. I can actively change it after not looking at it for a few minutes. It was white/gold. I was able to shift it back to blue/black. And now it's stuck in between at light blue/gold.

What does that mean for my brain/eyes?

 

[evilromero]

All the other images remain white and gold but this one is black and blue to me.

WHAT IS GOING ON!?


Edit:
I know it has been edited but before when I saw it I saw it as white and gold.

Still white (blue tint) and gold, just lower brightness.

 

[BladeoftheImmortal]

It's white and gold for me, but my company students say they see blue and black. I don't know if I believe them, though. lol

 

[theDeeDubs]

Yeah the third and fourth color from the adobe FB post are the two colors I see. Light blue and a gold/tannish color.

 

[Symphonic]

Not sure if it's been posted, this explanation helped personally.

(Blue and Black for me, but this at least explains how somebody could hypothetically see it another way.)

If the dress had any black in it, it would blend into that black background.

I'm all for people saying there's some blue in the picture, whatever, blue and white are pretty vague when lighting is different. But anyone saying there's black on that dress is nuts.

 

[Ralemont]

All the other images remain white and gold but this one is black and blue to me.

WHAT IS GOING ON!?


Edit:
I know it has been edited but before when I saw it I saw it as white and gold.

That one is different from the OP:

Both of these are blue and aren't a matter of blue lighting.

 

[The Shogun]

The sky looks blue. I think the fact that it looks photoshoped from two clearly different photos does it. But if i click the picture for it to expand it goes back to bluish, but when it is the small quote it looks like a white dress.

EXACTLY

Sky looks blue

Dress looks white.

What in the actual fuck

 

[ShemhazaiX]

YES IT IS

Ive seen 2 different dresses. They don't look at all the same.

I have seen a white and gold dress clear as day. And a black and blue dress CLEAR AS DAY. But they are somehow the same picture.

To those saying its not an illusion the only way you can say that is you haven't seen both versions. Anyone who has will agree with me.

I've only been able to see blue and black. I've tried to see white and gold, but it's impossible to. You only have to look at the rest of the picture to realise. Everything in the image has been tonally shifted to a warmer shade, meaning it makes no sense for anything white in the image to become colder (in this case, blue).

 

[H.Protagonist]

I still see white/gold no matter how much I angle the computer, adjust the lights, staaaaare...

I had Lasik about 7 years ago and my night vision really suffered as a result, so maybe... maybe I'll never be able to see the black/blue. I feel like eating cake now.

 

[Izuna]

Not sure if it's been posted, this explanation helped personally.

(Blue and Black for me, but this at least explains how somebody could hypothetically see it another way.)

 

[Floridian]

Is that the only dress of its kind?

 

[munchie64]

Because the image is taken at just the right lighting where its just dark enough to be interpreted as white under shadow, and just light enough to be interpreted as vibrant blue under a bright light, similar to this image:

In other words its simply an optical illusion and nothing else.

I see.

 

[Zalusithix]

As if we needed any more proof that the magic 8 ball is a useless piece of shit. ;p

 

[barkers crest]

It is blue & black. That is all I can see. I have no idea how people see white.

I've always had Tier 1 world class vision.

 

[Mistle]

Not sure if it's been posted, this explanation helped personally.

(Blue and Black for me, but this at least explains how somebody could hypothetically see it another way.)

well, there it is. this makes sense, as I saw it as white and gold when outside under sun, and then blue and black when I was indoors with controlled lighting

edit: though doesnt explain why people in the same room see differently

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Okay, the people who say that the Mad Max photo is making them see it as white is even more baffling to me. It's bluer than the sky around it!

I have no explanation. I know its wrong and the original image still looks Black and Blue but the Mad Max one is White and Gold

No idea man

Yesss

YEESSSSS

Soon I shall be the only one in control

 

[DECK'ARD]

White and gold people are freaks of nature.

 

[Salsa]

great now everyones gonna be talking about this tomorrow at bars

 

[Ecto311]

Try looking at the photo out of the corner of your eye and it turns black and blue. You can also let your eyes go out of focus and stare past the dress. Probably related to the rods and cones theory since cones are more concentrated in the macula, or "center" of your eye, and the peripheral vision is more dominated by cones.

Even then it is white/gold for me. So my whole shit works fine. If shit skewed in the corners I would get corrective color lenses.

 

[nbnt]

What. The. Fuck. I didn't believe people that said this, but few hours ago it was white and gold, clear as day. Now it's blue and black. WHAT IS LIFE.

 

[Hexa]

I still can't see white and gold. Help me see it plox.

 

[Amikami]

Cool thread. Blows my mind that people are seeing white and gold though. Thought I was being trolled...still not sure. Definitely black and blue for me, no matter what brightness my screen is.

 

[Dreadnought]

I see black and blue

I'm changing the brightness oh my device and it doesn't change to gold and white.

 

[Floridian]

White and gold people are freaks of nature.

Wizards or aliens tbh

 

[Papercuts]

People still seeing a white dress in the picture with the blue sky right behind it is somehow even crazier to me.

 

[Edwardo]

Now I'm freaking out because I see it as blue and gold now

 

[bomblord1]

It's a washed out black with a washed out blue the camera's taking in too much light and the color balance is set wrong.

If you isolate it from the background it's incredibly easy to see.

 

[Askherserenity]

I hate the internet. I step away for like 30 minutes and this shit is all over the place.

 

[Skux]

It's shifting back and forth for me now. I can actively change it after not looking at it for a few minutes. It was white/gold. I was able to shift it back to blue/black. And now it's stuck in between at light blue/gold.

What does that mean for my brain/eyes?

It means your perception is contextual, which is normal.

Take the spinning girl illusion:

It can spin either way depending on what your brain thinks.

 

[Slayer-33]

White and gold people are freaks of nature.

Why are you calling us that? lol

 

[Meier]

Totally bizarre. Can't even fathom how anyone sees this as something other than black and blue. Makes me wonder how many other things people see differently than me (and vice versa).

 

[The Shogun]

I've only been able to see blue and black. I've tried to see white and gold, but it's impossible to. You only have to look at the rest of the picture to realise. Everything in the image has been tonally shifted to a warmer shade, meaning it makes no sense for anything white in the image to become colder (in this case, blue).

When you see both you will understand.

Logic at that point goes out the window. Even if you KNOW whats correct.

When you see it it will look like 2 100% different dresses. The colors are not close at all.

 

[Symphonic]

It's a washed out black with a washed out blue the camera's taking in too much light and the color balance is set wrong.

If you isolate it from the background it's incredibly easy to see.

White and gold mang