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[FiggyCal]

Ugh... a black ice cream cone? No thanks.

 

[L95]

LTTP but this is a joke, right? Like one elaborate game that everyone online is playing like last year's ice bucket challenge?

Perhaps you will become enlightened. I hope so soon....

 

[mazpratim]

Wtf? The NeoGAF logo changed colors

 

[ShemhazaiX]

I think it's funny how people are literally calling it blue because of the shadowing mixture on a white surface. So if I bring that dress out to direct light then they would just change their answer to white? Obviously we know more than what we see. We know it's a white surface that isn't literally white at that moment due to the lighting.

So if we put the White Ranger in similar lighting conditions he's the Light Blue Ranger all of a sudden?

The dress isn't in shadow. It has light shining directly onto it from the left of the image.

 

[MattyG]

LTTP but this is a joke, right? Like one elaborate game that everyone online is playing like last year's ice bucket challenge?

wut.

 

[RawNuts]

There is no green

Grün ist tot.

 

[zeemumu]

lol

When you play the Game of Dresses, you see gold and white or you see black and blue

 

[FiggyCal]

LTTP but this is a joke, right? Like one elaborate game that everyone online is playing like last year's ice bucket challenge?

That was a real thing.

 

[ostrichKing]

Holy shit, am I fucking wrong? Man. I need to adjust my computer settings or something.

Apparently this dress is blue and black.

Doesn't matter...in THIS photo of it, it appears blueish white and golden brown...photoshop don't lie...

 

[DJ88]

LTTP but this is a joke, right? Like one elaborate game that everyone online is playing like last year's ice bucket challenge?

Nope. Just the magic of lighting conditions, camera settings, and the human brain.

Awesome isn't it?

 

[wandering goat]

LTTP but this is a joke, right? Like one elaborate game that everyone online is playing like last year's ice bucket challenge?

Nope, that's why it's gotten so big. And holy shit, it's so blue now for me it's crazy, one of the most interesting images I've seen in a while.

 

[kogasu]

Okay..... It totally looked like white and gold in the shade or something. Like it's really bright but the dress is in the shade. I'm thinking "How could that ever be black and blue?" but after looking at the corrected picture from one of the previous pages, it completely changed the way I see it. Now I kinda see it as black and blue. It's so weird.

Right here:

Here. Fixed the exposure.

You guys broke me....

 

[Net_Wrecker]

LTTP but this is a joke, right? Like one elaborate game that everyone online is playing like last year's ice bucket challenge?

That was for ALS you monster.

How is Lucious Lyon ever supposed to find a cure with people like you going around claiming it's a joke.

 

[Ol No Bones]

This is actually a beautiful story. This is the story how a dress doomed to obscurity used the power of social media to become the most popular dress in the history of the world. Not some red carpet dress that was destined to have that status. No. It was the most unlikely of dresses to get that honor.

 

[Bossniak]

So I am on my iPhone and looking at the picture in the op with the iphone Infront of me the dress is white and gold, when I look at the picture from the side of my iPhone its blue and black.

 

[Pavillion]

wait what? refreshed the page and it went from white and gold to blue and black....

 

[evilromero]

It's a white dress that due to shadowing we will see as not white (literally the "I see this, therefore that's what it is" until we move the dress to direct sunlight). But we have enough evidence from all of our experiences to understand that it is still a white surface (or very close to white, but really, who the fuck will combo gold and light blue?).

 

[N.Domixis]

Holy shit, I have ascended to master race status, I see blue now!

 

[Shadybiz]

Bluish white and gold for me.

 

[MattyG]

That was for ALS you monster.

How is Lucious Lyon ever supposed to find a cure with people like you going around claiming it's a joke.

 

[chaobreaker]

Nope, that's why it's gotten so big. And holy shit, it's so blue now for me it's crazy, one of the most interesting images I've seen in a while.

Nope. Just the magic of lighting conditions, camera settings, and the human brain.

Awesome isn't it?

OK guys this isn't funny. Photoshop is a thing you know.

 

[Jzero]

What in the fuck now i see that picture as blue and black.

 

[zeemumu]

What is this, Schrodinger's Dress?

 

[Floridian]

Holy shit, I have ascended to master race status, I see blue now!

 

[Branduil]

Ugh, he's looking at dresses instead of FINISHING THE BOOKS

RR PLS

It's a parody account.

 

[Izuna]

This dress needs to be sent to V&A.

 

[Koppai]

Why the fuck is this shit trending on Facebook -_-

I swear someone just changed the photo or posted a GIF. <_<;

 

[ffdgh]

I seee....white and gold with a slight bluish tint.

 

[evilromero]

The dress isn't in shadow. It has light shining directly onto it from the left of the image.

Clearly light is cast on the surface as it's diffuse but there isn't a strong lighting source on this side of the dress. Just look at the objects around the dress.

 

[FiggyCal]

OK guys this isn't funny. Photoshop is a thing you know.

Tell me. What color do you see?!?

 

[BTM]

BRIGHTER is clearly white and gold to me.

DARKER is clearly blue and black to me.

ORIGINAL is still white and gold to me, albeit with a blue hue because of the shadow/light. My brain is still telling me that the dress is white, though; not some grey-blue.

This

 

[OraleeWey]

It kinda reminds me of this optical illusion, the spinning dancer. At first I was positive she was moving to the left, but after a while I saw her moving to the right, and my brain couldn't process it any other way:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_Dancer

I can make her spin different directions by looking at her foots shadow. Spins left or right!

 

[EmCeeGramr]

I think it's funny how people are literally calling it blue because of the shadowing mixture on a white surface. So if I bring that dress out to direct light then they would just change their answer to white? Obviously we know more than what we see. We know it's a white surface that isn't literally white at that moment due to the lighting.

So if we put the White Ranger in similar lighting conditions he's the Light Blue Ranger all of a sudden?

But it's not a white surface being shaded, it's a blue surface being washed out by lighting and overexposed photography.

 

[Rats Off To Ya]

Holy shit, I have ascended to master race status, I see blue now!

Welcome, brother.

 

[chaobreaker]

Alright I see it know. The dress changes colour based on the angle I tilt my phone. White and gold when facing the screen fully, black and blue when I look at it at a weird angle.

 

[L95]

OK guys this isn't funny. Photoshop is a thing you know.

prepare yourself

 

[WesternHeretic]

BRIGHTER is clearly white and gold to me.

DARKER is clearly blue and black to me.

ORIGINAL is still white and gold to me, albeit with a blue hue because of the shadow/light. My brain is still telling me that the dress is white, though; not some grey-blue.

ugh....


Brighter : Black and looks like a faded blue. Like you know one that has been through the wash way too many times.

Darker : Black and Blue no question asked.

Original : Black and blue... or black and light purplish/blue mix.

 

[jmizzal]

BRIGHTER is clearly white and gold to me.

DARKER is clearly blue and black to me.

ORIGINAL is still white and gold to me, albeit with a blue hue because of the shadow/light. My brain is still telling me that the dress is white, though; not some grey-blue.

all clearly blue and black too me

 

[Jenov]

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

That is odd. I see dark blue and black only on the farthest right one (the darkened one). The other 2 appear white and gold or white-light-bluish and copper/gold

 

[FiggyCal]

Alright I see it know. The dress changes colour based on the angle I tilt my phone.

No. No. No. You're still not getting it.

 

[NightmareTrigger]

Holy shit. I saw white and gold, then I went to take my contacts out, turned off the light, and BAM it's blue and black. This shit is crazy.

 

[Colonel Nasty]

what the fuck? I was a white/gold man on my iPad and it's clearly blue/black on my mac.

God dammit it's blue and black on my iPad now

 

[DrkSage]

BRIGHTER is clearly white and gold to me.

DARKER is clearly blue and black to me.

ORIGINAL is still white and gold to me, albeit with a blue hue because of the shadow/light. My brain is still telling me that the dress is white, though; not some grey-blue.

Yep, this.

if I look at the "white' part of the dress and ask my self what color I'm ACTUALLY seeing it ill say this bluish color but my brain tells me (by logic) "yes, it may look that color, but its because of the lighting. its actually white"

 

[benzy]

How the hell are you guys seeing black? It's always gold regardless of high or low screen brightness for me.

 

[MattyG]

Can we compile a list of Gaffers who think it's white and gold. I want to know who to avoid, because they're obviously certifiably insane.

I can make her spin different directions by looking at her foots shadow. Spins left or right!

 

[OpinionatedCyborg]

I mostly just see blue-black. There are a few parts that look goldish or whiteish:

 

[RazorbackDB]

the trick is in the backlight, if you see it as being extremely bright is blue and black but if you see it as being shadowed is white and gold. Problem solved.

 

[Benzychenz]

I don't get it.

Like, the gold is gold, it's not black.

Take it into photoshop and select the colour and:

Unless people saying it's black see the entire bottom half of that colour picker as black. In which case your eyes are fucked.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

http://www.snopes.com/info/news/mysterydress.asp

Spoiler

Clearly white (with a blue tint due to the lighting) and gold

 

[bomblord1]

People who see black and blue how much experience with art and photography do you have?