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[Vulcano's assistant]

I don't get it.

 

[140.85]

I don't get it.

Identical colors look different depending on the background color.

Yeah, what Vulcano said ^

 

[Roo]

I don't get it.

they're the same dress (color wise)

edit: well, shit.
Beaten.

 

[Zoe]

The thing is, the lightning in the context of the original image is bright white or yellow. So people are crazy if they see white/gold! lol

To me it looks like there's no lighting on the dress at all. White in the shade turns to light blue, hence white and gold.

 

[Fuu]

Yeah, the cones thing doesn't make sense to me because the image changed for some people once they knew more information. It's your brain filling in the gaps.

Happened to me. I saw white and gold at first, then light blue and dark gold, and now I'm seeing the light blue even clearer and the gold got even darker to the point I can call it black. It's a brain thing.

 

[emb]

I keep coming back into this thread expecting it to eventually turn white. No idea how people are seeing that. I know I have to trick myself into perceiving it wrong, but I can't will my eyes hard enough, lol.

The black/gold part though I could totally see going either way though. If anything the dress looks blue and goldish.

 

[Zoe]

Identical colors look different depending on the background color.

Yeah, what Vulcano said ^

I think that's a poor example because both sides look the same to me.

 

[Dion Blaster]

I'm now at the point where I can kind of switch between the two. Pretty amazing image.

Edit: But once I perceive it as blue/black it's hard to view it as white/gold again unless I don't look at it for a few minutes.

 

[MrBadger]

Damnit, Sonic Team

 

[Calamari41]

Identical colors look different depending on the background color.

Yeah, what Vulcano said ^

they're the same dress (color wise)

edit: well, shit.
Beaten.

They legit look exactly the same to me in either background, just the one on the right appears to be a slightly darker shade of gold.

 

[Fusebox]

The most baffling thing, again, is how the Internet apparently just found out about optical illusions, despite them being the very subject of countless clickbait lists articles and google ads.

Calm down mr awesome, optical illusions are usually deliberate, hence the excitement.

 

[Retrocide]

For most of the day it was gold and blue....now all of a sudden it looks blue and black. Weird

 

[Ricky Ricardo]

Damnit, Sonic Team

They literally can't do anything right LOL

 

[Violet_0]

To me it looks like there's no lighting on the dress at all. White in the shade turns to light blue, hence white and gold.

grey, actually

 

[Dreams-Visions]

I definitely see the very pale blue, but there's just no hint of anything even resembling black in the first one for me.

http://imgur.com/YpvzQhP

spend a minute or two here, then look at the image in the OP again.

 

[mantidor]

Did anyone post the xkcd on the subject?

they are the same coor in photoshop aren't they?

 

[Ovid]

I keep coming back into this thread expecting it to eventually turn white. No idea how people are seeing that. I know I have to trick myself into perceiving it wrong, but I can't will my eyes hard enough, lol.

The black/gold part though I could totally see going either way though. If anything the dress looks blue and goldish.

Yup.

I don't see pure white. It's white with a bluish tint.

 

[entremet]

Blue and black team.

You people have messed up eyes ;P

 

[Fusebox]

For most of the day it was gold and blue....now all of a sudden it looks blue and black. Weird

That was me yesterday, now it's back to gold and white again.

That cones bullshit is made up shit and needs to be taken out of the OP and the mod who edited the OP with the dress pic and thinks he won because he didn't understand the question needs to be smacked too.

 

[Always-honest]

blue-ish light-purple and brown. I'm talking visible colours here. not what colur i THINK the dress is under normal lighting.

the original dress on the store-site is obviously deep blue and black in that image.

if you see white, then what is the colour next to the dress?

 

[-COOLIO-]

They legit look exactly the same to me in either background, just the one on the right appears to be a slightly darker shade of gold.

and a darker gold looks closer to black.

im guessing the blue looks darker on that side as well.

it's working as intended for you.

 

[Sciz]

To me it looks like there's no lighting on the dress at all. White in the shade turns to light blue, hence white and gold.

No shade in the world is going to turn white fabric that shade of blue on its own, and the dress in question is next to actual white fabric anyway.

 

[TTUVAPOR]

In the first image, I see gold and a very light shade of blue...but what I think happened in that photo is that the camera took a shot of the dress in a very bright light, where the florescent light is reflecting a gold-like color off the black and it's making the blue look white or much lighter.

I don't buy this science of our eyes seeing different things...it's the lighting in the photo making it that way.

I can take a picture of my monitor stand that's black, and because of the lighting, it's going to look gold.

As for the website image of the dress, it's clearly black and blue.

 

[Fuu]

Calm down mr awesome, optical illusions are usually deliberate, hence the excitement.

Plus people usually see the same effect in intentional optical illusions, while in the case of this dress we have different people standing side by side in real life looking at the same image on the same monitor and still perceiving it differently, which leads to the whole argument.

 

[Fusebox]

blue-ish light-purple and brown.

the original dress is obviously deep blue and black in that image.

if you see white, then what is the colour next to the dress?

I don't think anyone sees pure White, it's a super light baby blue but could be perceived as pure white under a shade causing a light blue hue.

 

[Calamari41]

and a darker gold looks closer to black.

im guessing the blue looks darker on that side as well.

it's working as intended for you.

But I thought the point was that it was supposed to make it look black.

 

[Always-honest]

I don't think anyone sees pure White, it's a super light baby blue but could be perceived as pure white under a shade causing a light blue hue.

so is the question: "what is the colour you see?"or "what do you think the colour of this dress is in normal lighting?"
Because that could be a lot, depending on the lighting.

 

[Chezzymann]

Plus people usually see the same effect in intentional optical illusions, while in the case of this dress we have different people standing side by side in real life looking at the same image on the same monitor and still perceiving it differently, which leads to the whole argument.

I think the difference is that this optical illusion has two different outcomes, like the face/vace one. But yeah this ones not intentional like the others are, it just happened to be taken in just the right light

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Damnit, Sonic Team

Sonic team is always the colour of a bruise. Perfect.

 

[-COOLIO-]

But I thought the point was that it was supposed to make it look black.

it doesn't look like pure black to anyone, just a greyish-muddy-gold-black to some. hell, unless youre using an oled monitor, you cant even see pure black on your screen.

edit: more specifically, it looks like black with a light gold filter over it to some, or gold with a light blue filter over it to others.

 

[Souldestroyer Reborn]

Guys I think something's wrong with me, I see white gold blue and black.

Help!

 

[entremet]

Calibrate your monitors, peeps.

It's black and blue. I've even seen it on phone as black and blue.

 

[wookieofdoom]

It's blue and black. Ya'll need your eyes checked.

 

[R.D.Blax]

What. Just this afternoon when I first saw this dress, it was White & gold, and now it's blue & black... What's happening to me

 

[Who]

my friend sent me this lol

 

[Kimaka]

YOu guys should take this test. it pushes some pretty awesome parts of your color vision.

http://www.xrite.com/online-color-test-challenge

post your score.

FACT: 1 out of 255 women and 1 out of 12 men have some form of color vision deficiency.

That explains why I'm always arguing with men over what color something is.

 

[Yoshichan]

Swedish news talks about this

http://tv.aftonbladet.se/webbtv/nyheter/morgon/article68439.ab

 

[Izuna]

Just scanned the last few pages. Like the rest of the internet we no longer have the dialogue that people can see both with tips on how.

I've dropped by list. This thing took off so much I fell asleep refreshing the page. Give it time guys, you will see that the answer is NEITHER

 

[Calamari41]

it doesn't look like pure black to anyone, just a greyish-muddy-gold-black to some. hell, unless youre using an oled monitor, you cant even see pure black on your screen.

Greyish-muddy-gold-black? Lol, I'm lost now. I was thinking that people were seeing black like the black in the other pictures.

Are people just seeing a darker shade of the color I'm seeing?

 

[maliedoo]

I couldn't decide..

 

[entremet]

It's blue and black. Ya'll need your eyes checked.

It's not that. We just have better eye genetics lol.

There was an explanation earlier, something about our retinas cones being of higher function.

 

[R.D.Blax]

Oh it's white and gold again...

 

[Yoshichan]

could someone tell me if someone else thought it looks blue and gold?

I keep saying gold/white and blue/black but I see blue and gold...

 

[Fusebox]

so is the question: "what is the colour you see?"or "what do you think the colour of this dress is in normal lighting?"
Because that could be a lot, depending on the lighting.

The question is what do YOU see, it's been established the dress is dark blue and black.

could someone tell me if someone else thought it looks blue and gold?

I keep saying gold/white and blue/black but I see blue and gold...

I've seen it as light baby blue and gold, is that what you see?

 

[Mix Master]

white and gold goddamnit

 

[Piggus]

Weird. When I looked at it this morning after I woke up it was very obviously white and gold, no question. But after a few hours it's now clearly blue and black.

Wtf

 

[Izuna]

It's not that. We just have better eye genetics lol.

There was an explanation earlier, something about our retinas cones being of higher function.

Hahahahaha



No, it has nothing to do with this. Or screen accuracy (I have been able to see both on a very poor screen at Uni for example), or genetics.

If you see white and gold the best thing I can tell you is to try scrolling up to the image.

So many of the same arguments. When it is common knowledge you can see both this will be the most legendary illusion ever,

 

[Zoe]

The question is what do YOU see, it's been established the dress is dark blue and black.

That wasn't the original question. The actual dress didn't make the rounds until after this went viral.

 

[Prax]

To me it looks like there's no lighting on the dress at all. White in the shade turns to light blue, hence white and gold.

My brain/eyes says: the background is a bight light. The image is washed out. It must be black/blue.

At no point is there any blue lighting on the dress either. A white dress in no/dim light does not look blue either. It makes no sense! lol

 

[-COOLIO-]

Greyish-muddy-gold-black? Lol, I'm lost now. I was thinking that people were seeing black like the black in the other pictures.

Are people just seeing a darker shade of the color I'm seeing?

yeah, it looks like black with a light gold filter over it to some, or gold with a light blue filter over it to others.