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All children can see the white and gold, but when you grow up and stop believing in magic, you see black and blue.
The colors of this photo will appear different to everyone. I think?
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Their brains are broken
chaobreaker
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What else is there to get. It's a simple trick of the eye. What, is seeing white and gold by default means I'll live a life of prosperity? Or that I hold deep seated regrets in my subconscious?
No; when it changes on you, you'll understand.
You either interpret it as a blue and black dress under heavy lighting (which is what it actually is, and can make the black look a bit goldish), or a white (with bluish shadow) and gold dress with a strong light behind it, putting it in shadow.
When you can see it both ways, the blue and black will look more natural.
This picture is almost the exact same trick as the ballerina girl illusion. Here is a way to trick your brain into seeing a different color. Try to look at the image parallel to your eyesight (that is, lay the image flat at eye level) and the gold should look black. Now GRADUALLY tilt the image slowly, readjusting each time you tilt so that you see black. Eventually the image will look black and blue once you actually look at it normally.
The same thing goes for trying to look at it as gold and white. Once you see it both ways, it is a lot easier to flip.
I am actually able to see it both ways almost at will. It has nothing to do with "cones in your eyes" or whatever nonsense you read on tumblr. It is simply a matter of perception.
The same thing goes for trying to look at it as gold and white. Once you see it both ways, it is a lot easier to flip.
I am actually able to see it both ways almost at will. It has nothing to do with "cones in your eyes" or whatever nonsense you read on tumblr. It is simply a matter of perception.
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.
Using color picker to prove anything is missing the entire point.
LyleLanley
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So this thing has completely taken over the internet huh?
I was trying to figure this thing out. Swear to god it was white and gold. I couldn't not see it. Then I read the Wired article and they had the gif switch between the correctly white balanced image and the original. I look at that for a minute....now its blue. Definitely blue.
WTF, brain?
WTF, brain?
brandonh83
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Looks like a light blue and like... a brownish gold/black to me.
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evilromero
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The OG image is very white to me (implied white of course, as is any color under different lighting conditions). All these alterations are certainly changing people's perception.
What happened is after you seen the correct exposure you attributed the "goldish and whitish" hues to being highlights and overexposure instead of the color of the dress.
dude, i swear GAF is fucking with me, it was blue and black just a minute ago in the OP but now its back to white and gold again after I searched for white and gold dress in google.
LyleLanley
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I honestly thought someone changed the image in the OP. I'm still not convinced that didn't happen.
Rats Off To Ya
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People who insist on white and gold just haven't ascended to blue and black yet.
I used to be one of you. Everything will be all right.
I used to be one of you. Everything will be all right.
A fair amount of photography. Been doing it for several years now, but I've been not so great at keeping up with it recently.
That's what I've been wondering I have experience with art and photography and I can easily tell when an image is washed out vs the colors just having a white hue. That's why I see washed out blue and white instead of white and gold. I seen it immediately and it never changed once.
evilromero
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Lol. Everyone seeing blue and black need to get on some anti-depressants and catch up to us taking it nice and easy.
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could be people turning off their lights and taking out their contacts as the we approach late night in est to pst.
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The dress is actually blue and black so we're okay. Our eyes are just compensating for the lighting.
Wendel Clark
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when i looked at this thread earlier it was black and blue but now its white and gold WTF
Just because the dress itself is black doesn't mean the picture is actually showing black.
Can someone tell me with a straight face that both of these colors are black?
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Man when you see it switch. It's like, fuuuuuuuuck
The same thing happened to me. I'm furious, white and gold looks better but it's still an awful dress.
chaobreaker
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At this point I wouldn't be surprised if some clever fucks have been circulating single loop gifs of the dress subtly changing colour.
How are people getting so hung up on this? This is just like the spinning ballerina.
Before i saw white and gold in the OP pic, now that i looked at some manipulations, i see blue and black in it, just a matter of context and "state" your brain is in, just like seeing the ballerina spin in one direction or the other.
Before i saw white and gold in the OP pic, now that i looked at some manipulations, i see blue and black in it, just a matter of context and "state" your brain is in, just like seeing the ballerina spin in one direction or the other.
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Fuck this dress
Facebook is a nightmare because of this dress
Facebook is a nightmare because of this dress
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