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[msv]

I have not once seen the opposite side.

I don't think this is like the spinning silhouette or the shadow on the checkerboard in its entirety... though I believe that it is like that for some people.

http://colorvisiontesting.com/ishihara.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishihara_Test

I believe based on the Ishihara Test that there are hard differences in color perception. And for certain people on that spectrum, it must be one, or it must be the other.... but for certain others it depends on how you look at it, like the spinning silhouette, like the "rabbit or duck" illusion, etc.

Me either, but some optical illusions can be quite harsh. Your brain (not your eyes) is used to doing all of this automatically, and not changing perspectives on a whim, that would be horrible in daily life. I haven't seen black/blue either by the way, and I see all the numbers on those tests correct.

I don't see how this can have anything to do with your light sensitivity, the hypothesis doesn't make any sense in my opinion. It's easily explained by your brain trying to figure out what color the object is in reality, we do it all the time when the light strikes objects differently.

 

[BocoDragon]

I think it is similar to those other things now, its just harder to trigger.

I don't even know what triggered it for me, I had been seeing white/gold for hours, then I refreshed the page on here and the poster that recently had the three photos gradually getting darker was suddenly showing me the blue/black.

But what I'm saying is that some people flip-flop, and others do not.

I've approached this image from multiple devices, multiple contexts, looking at certain parts first, looking at it in different ways.... it is only gold-white, or maybe gold-light blue

Science has proven that people have different color divisions, so I don't see what is controversial here.

Me either, but some optical illusions can be quite harsh. Your brain (not your eyes) is used to doing all of this automatically, and not changing perspectives on a whim, that would be horrible in daily life. I haven't seen black/blue either by the way, and I see all the numbers on those tests correct.

I don't see how this can have anything to do with your light sensitivity, the hypothesis doesn't make any sense in my opinion. It's easily explained by your brain trying to figure out what color the object is in reality, we do it all the time when the light strikes objects differently.

Science has already proven this though... It's taught in classrooms about optics and color perception. People have different color divisions based on the sensitivity in their eyes (they even have different sensitivities based on culture, but we needn't bring that in) So what is there to argue?

 

[AnathemicOne]

This thing is all over my fucking timeline; it's gold/white you degenerates.

 

[fritolay]

blue and gold

 

[Noirulus]

I was strictly seeing white+gold until I had a cup of black coffee. Boom. All of a sudden I saw the blue and black. BRAIN WUT R U DOIN 2 ME

Spoiler

I inquired google and apparently coffee makes your eyesight better?

 

[Yrael]

 

[Izuna]

But what I'm saying is that some people flip-flop, and others do not.

I've approached this image from multiple devices, multiple contexts, looking at certain parts first, looking at it in different ways.... it is only gold-white, or maybe gold-light blue

Science has proven that people have different color divisions, so I don't see what is controversial here.

You know, you're highest priority on my list now.
If you wanna know what it looks like to people who see Blue and Black, look at your LCD screen completely to the side. Like, view the screen side. It should get darker if you have an IPS screen.

 

[Red]

I thought I was being fucked with. It's so obviously black and blue. Then I looked away and back again, and for a split second it was white and gold. I don't understand it.

 

[Stratosphere]

Originally I saw white/gold. Then I scrolled down to the store listing, scrolled back up and saw blue/back. @_@

And now I see white/gold again and cant duplicate what happened before. Am I going insane?

 

[WesternHeretic]

I was strictly seeing white+gold until I had a cup of black coffee. Boom. All of a sudden I saw the blue and black. BRAIN WUT R U DOIN 2 ME

Spoiler

I inquired google and apparently coffee makes your eyesight better?

I've read multiple people going from white/gold to blue/black but not a single sole from blue/black to white/gold.

Therefor my conclusion black/blue is the superior team!

Spoiler

Light match and walks away.

 

[Lynd7]

But what I'm saying is that some people flip-flop, and others do not.

I've approached this image from multiple devices, multiple contexts, looking at certain parts first, looking at it in different ways.... it is only gold-white, or maybe gold-light blue

Science has proven that people have different color divisions, so I don't see what is controversial here.

Science has already proven this though... It's taught in classrooms. People have different color divisions based on the sensitivity in their eyes (they even have different sensitivities based on culture, but we needn't bring that in) So what is there to argue?

Yeah I guess so.

I really thought I would only ever see the gold/white then BAM and it was changed. Its a strange one.

It has to be a mental trick right? The eyesight thing doesn't seem to matter.

 

[msv]

Science has already proven this though... It's taught in classrooms. People have different color divisions based on the sensitivity in their eyes (they even have different sensitivities based on culture, but we needn't bring that in) So what is there to argue?

Because factually the thing is lightblue/goldbrown (or something round that range, what were the rgb values?). Seeing white/gold or black/blue is post-processing, just like in other optical illusions. And because some people have different color sensitivity/color blindness, how does that make this NOT an optical illusion? Just because that is an actual thing, doesn't have any effect on the hypothesis lol.

edit: the hypothesis is about that being the cause of this effect, which is bollocks I say, it reads like an amateur who thought this up on a whim. Post processing is going on both ways, and people are switching back and forth even, all the hallmarks of an optical illusion. Maybe you can explain what this has to do with light sensitivity? (even though adjusting brightnesses doesnt affect anything)

 

[Bold One]

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.

 

[MrCookiepants]

No, I am saying the whole thing is absolutely a definitely gold, not just a tint off the black. The blue also appears very white.

If it changes you'll definitely understand.

I understand it. I have good vision in dim light, you don't. The colour can never "change" for me.

 

[Androidsleeps]

White & Gold

 

[Dot-N-Run]

I saw an undisputed white/gold until I saw my phone from afar and saw blue/black. Now I see blue/black if I squint just right. This is terrifying.

 

[Benzychenz]

It's white/gold on my phone, on my laptop, on my sisters phone, up close, from a distance, on darkGAF, on lightGAF, everyway, everything.

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

It is important to understand that the colour of the light around the image will effect your perception of the image itself. That's because your brain is performing a natural white balance.

So people will see different colours depending on many different variables.

 

[SliceSabre]

I still say its white and gold, fuck science.

 

[Tertullian]

I like the Wired image. Sorry if already posted a million times.

 

[neto]

It's really no different from any other optical illusion, it has nothing to do with your eye sensitivity. The hypothesis in the OP is bollocks.

I'm with you, its just the mind trying to compensate for the bad exposure and white balance of the picture, I'm sure it has nothing to do with eye sensitivity or colorblindness

 

[DECK'ARD]

The blue is blue.

The other colour is brown at the top getting closer to black quickly as you go down.

Under no circumstances is the blue anything other than blue, you have bright white to compare it to in the top right corner and on the right side.

The only conclusion can be that white gold people are mentally unstable.

 

[Zaptruder]

Hey white and gold people, do me a favour and look in the bottom left corner of the image.

Do you see the white and black fabric right behind the dress? The one that's also in the foreground relative to the overexposed background?

Now look at the dress again, and tell me what you see.

 

[MikeHattsu]

It's blue and black. Somewhat gold-ish towards the top because of the light though

 

[Intheflorsh]

Hey white and gold people, do me a favour and look in the bottom left corner of the image.

Do you see the white and black fabric right behind the dress? The one that's also in the foreground relative to the overexposed background?

Now look at the dress again, and tell me what you see.

Still gold/brown.

 

[Izuna]

Hey white and gold people, do me a favour and look in the bottom left corner of the image.

Do you see the white and black fabric right behind the dress? The one that's also in the foreground relative to the overexposed background?

Now look at the dress again, and tell me what you see.

You will be shocked

When I see it as white and gold, I see it as being a different colour,

But as Blue and Black, it is almost the same.

 

[itsgreen]

Blue and black...

 

[Lynd7]

I understand it. I have good vision in dim light, you don't. The colour can never "change" for me.

The variables in the room and screen brightness never changed for me though.

Also, I can't actually see the gold/white anymore at all. I can't change it on a whim.

 

[Benzychenz]

Hey white and gold people, do me a favour and look in the bottom left corner of the image.

Do you see the white and black fabric right behind the dress? The one that's also in the foreground relative to the overexposed background?

Now look at the dress again, and tell me what you see.

There is no white and black fabric. It's gold.

 

[JoeNut]

Perfect


It's blue and black Btw

 

[ominator]

Well todays XKCD...

Yesterday I saw it as white/gold, thought it was a stupid joke thread. Looked at it today and welp, it's blue/brown.

 

[BocoDragon]

Because factually the thing is lightblue/goldbrown (or something round that range, what were the rgb values?). Seeing white/gold or black/blue is post-processing, just like in other optical illusions. And because some people have different color sensitivity/color blindness, how does that make this NOT an optical illusion? Just because that is an actual thing, doesn't have any effect on the hypothesis lol.

Yeah I follow you. But just because it's an optical illusion for either white-gold or black-blue purists doesn't mean that you will "flip between them" 50-50 or with "the right attitude".

It's been proven that certain people are incapable of distinguishing between certain colors, whether its the Japanese 1000 years ago who didn't distinguish between blue and green, or certain tribes in Nairobi today who also have different color separations (put them to the test and they literally can't see the divisions between colors that we instantly see).

And that doesn't just mean that certain people are incapable of seeing color differences.... it also means that people trained in color differences are incapable of seeing how certain colors might look the same. So it could be that those who see it in one way have more color scrutiny, not less.

And for the record it's not that I only see white-gold. I see light blue and gold... I'm not blind to what the real colors are in Photoshop. But I'm incapable in seeing them in a certain blue-black "assumption".

You know, you're highest priority on my list now.

The moment I see it I will definitely post "HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT", don't worry

 

[Tertullian]

Hey white and gold people, do me a favour and look in the bottom left corner of the image.

Do you see the white and black fabric right behind the dress? The one that's also in the foreground relative to the overexposed background?

Now look at the dress again, and tell me what you see.

Covering the top half of the image, then staring at the other fabric for a few seconds, then looking at the dress is indeed the closest I can get to seeing the black and blue.

I am now training myself to join the true "light blue and dark bronze" master race that corresponds to the RGB of the photo.

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

It can easily be white and gold if the rgb settings are "off" and pushed more towards the yellow side of things (which will neutralise the blue in the "white stripes" and put more yellow in the "gold stripes"), and more brown and blue if it is properly calibrated and / or pushed more towards blue.

If it changes without altering settings then your brain is just naturally adapting. This is why colourists (people who are employed to alter light and colour on tv and films) give it 30 minutes when they enter a room before beginning work.

 

[Cilla]

I was blue/black all day and decided to have one last look and it is suddenly white/gold.

 

[Reuenthal]

Holy shit, I now see blue and gold and not white. What sorcery is this? This was after Tertulan posted that picture. I thought it was more blue than the one in the OP and went back and checked it and the one in the OP was more blue than I saw previously as well. So I see blue/gold in the OP.

 

[Double]

I just woke up and it looked white and gold to me, I then read a few of the posts then looked at it again and now its permanently blue and black

Lol, same for me. It still more gold than black tho.

 

[Blue Ninja]

I saw blue and black, then I read about seeing white and gold and suddenly I saw that. :lol

 

[Zaptruder]

There is no white and black fabric. It's gold.

The left side of the image is gold?

This corner here gives you all the information you need to accurately perceive the colour balance of the image. Or so I'd thought.

The fabric/cow print vest on the left is in clear focus relative to the background, similar to the dress next to it.

The white is yellow tinged under yellow colour store lighting. But the highest points of white in that fabric is indeed fully exposed as white.

The black is overexposed - but it delves into a darker black in the folds. The blue and black dress clearly looks overexposed next to all that.

 

[Violet_0]

it's white and gold (the shadow give the white a light blue tone)

am I normal?

#2743 posts what

 

[Angelus Errare]

First picture is OP, someone changed the contrast ever so slight with the second photo to make the blue more apparent to the blind.

 

[bean breath]

I originally saw white and gold on my phone. Then blue and black on my laptop. now back on my phone and I can make the colors switch back and forth depending on how long I stare at it.

 

[Higgins113]

The left side of the image is gold?

Yep, gold

 

[Red]

It can easily be white and gold if the rgb settings are "off" and pushed more towards the yellow side of things, and more brown and blue if it is properly calibrated and / or pushed more towards blue.

That's what I thought when my wife brought this up last night. I tried four different screens to convince her it was black/blue but she kept saying it was white/gold. I thought she was fucking with me until I googled it. Even on properly calibrated screens she sees white/gold, and I still might not believe it if I hadn't saw that myself for a fraction of a second.

"What color is this dress?"
"Blue and black."
"No it's not, it's white and gold."
"Ok."
"Do you not see it?"
"I see a blue and black dress. Why, do you want it?"
"It's white and gold."
"Is that the punchline? I don't get it."
"It's white and gold!"
"What the fuck is wrong with you."

 

[neto]

Well todays XKCD...

Yesterday I saw it as white/gold, thought it was a stupid joke thread. Looked at it today and welp, it's blue/brown.

posting it if anyone is too lazy to actually click the link

Dress Color

"This white-balance illusion hit so hard because it felt like someone had been playing through the Monty Hall scenario and opened their chosen door, only to find there was unexpectedly disagreement over whether the thing they'd revealed was a goat or a car."

 

[fertygo]

So my mother shouting with all of her might saying its white.. this is crazy, I really can't see any white from this.

 

[lednerg]

nvm

 

[CaptainLoveline]

WTF? At first I saw white & gold, next thing I know it turned black & blue... MY EYES DECEIVED ME

 

[Benzychenz]

The left side of the image is gold?

Yes, stop trolling with your white/black nonsense this minute.

 

[msv]

Yeah I follow you. But just because it's an optical illusion for either white-gold or black-blue purists doesn't mean that you will "flip between them" 50-50 or with "the right attitude".

It's been proven that certain people are incapable of distinguishing between certain colors, whether its the Japanese 1000 years ago who didn't distinguish between blue and green, or certain tribes in Nairobi today who also have different color separations (put them to the test and they literally can't see the divisions between colors that we instantly see).

You're really missing the point. I have no color blindness at all, and I haven't 'seen' it as really black and blue either. The problem is purely of perception, not of sense.

See this, A and B are the same color, but you can't actually see that without assistance:

Perception can be just as fixed, it just matters if you can find that pathway in your brain to be able to switch it or not. Color blindness really has nothing to do with it.