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[DJ88]

Seriously. Not even a hint. I don't know how anyone can see white or gold in there. I'm irrationally angry about this fucking dress right now.

I think this might be a social experiment.

It's obviously White/Gold... I know it's supposed to be Blue/Black though but whyyy?

It's not very hard. It's already been properly explained many times.

The photo is over-exposed, and like many photos taken indoors where the brightest source of light is a window (see that bright patch in the top right?), the camera--instead of correcting the photo for the intense yellow cast that artificial light has--takes a very yellow photo. And because it's a crappy (probably cell-phone) camera, the image is over-exposed.

 

[Fjordson]

Light blue and gold.

 

[StylesClash]

I saw this on gawker and never would have imagined it was a 30 plus page thread on here...

 

[Floridian]

 

[Mine01]

I saw gold and white at first, changed the brightness of my phone and changed to blue and dark.

 

[WedgeX]

I just had an interesting experience. Turned off the lights in my apartment, brought up the thread and....the dress was white and gold. But then it went back to blue and black and hasn't changed back since. And my eyes have since adjusted to the dark. Science-GAF, opinions?

 

[bomblord1]

Multiplication and Division are the same step of PEMDAS. You do both of them from left to right. Same goes for Addition and Subtraction

48/2*12

48
__
2*12

is 2

I suggest reading this as either answer is correct as the equation is actually written incorrectly.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

you white and gold seers are really making me question your guys' sanity

 

[Sami+]

Blue and black in yellow light.

 

[jay6784]

Here's what I think is happening


Some part of the photo, no idea which, decides ehat you see. What I mean is what spot you eye focuses on first changes the overall picture to adapt to what its interpreting. Thats why some of us are switching our eyes focus on a different area and it changes the image.

There has to be some sort of strange color imbalance somewhere in the picture causing this

Yes, this is what is happening. I mentioned this earlier in the thread. You can first notice the " white" of the dress and make that your reference point for white, as it has the appearance of a shadowed white in natural daylight. Or you can first notice the bright, true white of the background and make that your reference, causing you to interpret the dress as blue. That's why your room lighting and display also affect your interpretation, as they alter your reference for colors and shades. Our perception of one color can substantially change just by adding another color alongside it.

 

[chubigans]

http://www.wired.com/2015/02/science-one-agrees-color-dress/

They LIE!

 

[tfur]

Let's try this guys. I isolated a single pixel of the image and filled the entire screen with it.

This is the "white" part.

This is the "gold" part

Nope.

 

[GK86]

There is no dress.

 

[SneakyStephan]

White with a blueish tinge and gold for me.
Though my monitor's brightness is set at 20 (dim setting) with the default being 100 (super bright)

 

[Izuna]

48/2*12

48
__
2*12

is 2

I suggest reading this as either answer is correct as the equation is actually written incorrectly.

What did you do to the brackets?

Also own up to lying in your previous post.

 

[mazpratim]

Is this the record for the fastest something has gone viral?

 

[The Shogun]

Its blue and black.......I think

But brains are hella complex and not everyones is interpreting the color correct. They aren't lieing or making anything up, its just their brain is not processing the info right.

This picture just so happens to REALLY strike an issue in people though. Much more than most

 

[conman]

Has anyone been able to switch back?

 

[bomblord1]

yeah no

Multiplication and division have the same priority, as do addition and subtraction. Operators further to the left take precedence when there's a conflict.

Stupid grade school mnemonics mess everything up. I before e except after c is also bullshit.

yea no read this. The equation is written incorrectly and is ambiguous.
https://math.berkeley.edu/~gbergman/misc/numbers/ord_ops.html

 

[Prologue]

Blue and black.

You guys are nuts.

 

[Not]

White and gold. Don't really care what that means. Night all

 

[Maxim726X]

yea no read this.
http://i.imgur.com/9N4KNLn.jpg

Who fucking brought this trash back.

There was already a million page thread... Dark times. Let's continue to argue about the color of this dress, please.

 

[jmizzal]

ok from my computer its blue and black, but from my phone its white and gold but I can see it change lol

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Has anyone been able to switch back?

I was able to see both earlier, but my brain has stopped fighting itself and reality, so I'm currently firmly on #TeamBlue&Black. I can no longer see white or gold.

It's like....The hell was wrong with me earlier, right? What a jerk I used to be. Just a white and gold seeing jerk.

 

[Imperial Bishop]

I see green and red.

Do I have superpowers now?

 

[Phreaker]

Has this been posted? Des it help anyone?

 

[MattyG]

Has anyone been able to switch back?

Once you go blue and black you never go back.

 

[itwasTuesday]

White and gold. Don't really care what that means. Night all

Nice blue wolverine av.

 

[Flacracker]

48/2*12

48
__
2*12

is 2

I suggest reading this as either answer is correct as the equation is actually written incorrectly.

Anyone who writes an equation like that should go back to school. There is no reason to even have this debate. Just use parentheses or write it like a real mathematician.

 

[petethepanda]

How amazing would it be if this were somehow viral marketing for some upcoming horror movie?

 

[Two Words]

I see blue and black.

Lies!

 

[WesternHeretic]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJvEVsb4cHc

 

[bomblord1]

Has this been posted? Des it help anyone?

I see blue and black in every single one of these images.

 

[conman]

Let's try this guys. I isolated a single pixel of the image and filled the entire screen with it.

This is the "white" part.

This is the "gold" part

So weird. I saw your post earlier and could tell that the white part looked "blue-ish" and that the gold part looked "black-ish." But now that I've switched from seeing white/gold in every single picture to seeing blue/black in every single picture, now your reference blocks don't just look "blue-ish" and "black-ish," they look solidly blue and black. What the hell just happened to my brain?

 

[MiszMasz]

I see green and red.

Do I have superpowers now?

What colour was the spider that bit you?

 

[Rats Off To Ya]

Has this been posted? Des it help anyone?

I used to see white and gold. Now all three of these look blue and black.

I kinda miss white and gold.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

I can kinda understand how people see the gold, but white?!? How the hell are you seeing white?!?

I'm not joking here, I have no fucking idea how anyone is seeing anything other than white and gold.

Feels like I'm getting trolled or some shit tbh.

Like, Maybe I understand the white looking blueish. But the good turning black? What the literal fuck?

 

[Izuna]

So weird. I saw your post earlier and could tell that the white part looked "blue-ish" and that the gold part looked "black-ish." But now that I've switched from seeing white/gold in every single picture to seeing blue/black in every single picture, now your reference blocks don't just look "blue-ish" and "black-ish," they look solidly blue and black. What the hell just happened to my brain?

This image is a lie, he took pixels from the edited image. These colours don't exist in the original image,

 

[Jachaos]

Has anyone been able to switch back?

I've been switching constantly for the past half an hour

Seriously every time I look back at it after closing my eyes for a bit or watching hockey or whatever, it turns from one to the other. It's switched at least 5-6 times by now.

 

[pargonta]

Has this been posted? Des it help anyone?

so without altering the image or using the brain to deduce the situation inside the image, the colors are close to white and gold.

it actually does help, to me.

edit: OHFUCK! it just changed for me.

sorry all

 

[evilromero]

48÷2(9+3)

There's' probably already a thread on this, but it's:

48/2 (12)
(48/2) (12)

24 x 12 = 288

How is this debatable? Again, why was this an issue?

 

[Floridian]

Has this been posted? Des it help anyone?

All three dresses are different color combinations

 

[Fbh]

Saw it on my Laptop and phone and to me it looks white and gold.

The white does look bluish... but I'd still call it more white than blue

 

[Maxim726X]

Fuuuuuck I've been seeing blue and black for the last 20 minutes.

Looked at the thread on my phone, where it was white and gold.

Then reloaded page 1 on my computer- It is now white and gold again.

I'm going insane. Someone send help.

 

[Octavia]

You guys need to learn colors better.

It was never white. Now mistaking the blue for medium GREY? Mayyyyybeeeeee I could buy some people's brains are fooled into seeing that.

But white and black? No. Not even close.

 

[Ishida]

I see blue and black in every single one of these images.

You've got to be kidding. Even in the middle one?

 

[Kimaka]

Has this been posted? Des it help anyone?

If I zoom out and scroll really fast, I can kind of see how some people see white and gold in the middle.

 

[EightBitNate]

I don't know what to believe

 

[Silent_Ocarina]

So weird. I saw your post earlier and could tell that the white part looked "blue-ish" and that the gold part looked "black-ish." But now that I've switched from seeing white/gold in every single picture to seeing blue/black in every single picture, now your reference blocks don't just look "blue-ish" and "black-ish," they look solidly blue and black. What the hell just happened to my brain?

I think he literally used two different pictures and didn't realize it because he sees both as the same, perhaps?

 

[lednerg]