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[BlackNMild2k1]

It still puzzles me.

HOLY SHIT. That dress has never been anything but White & Gold for me.

I stared at this gif for a bout a minute, then I scrolled back up and the dress was Black and Blue in every quoted pic of the dress on this page 2 (post 51-whatever post I just quoted). I panicked, went back to the previous page, and now the dress is now Gold & White again.

That shit is a trip. I seriously though you all were fucking with us, and this was some long running joke I wasn't in on.

 

[IndoAssassin]

So it looks white starting from the top but the tint becomes bluer as I move down the dress.

Now the gold part. The only black I can see is the tops and bottoms of the half oval designs. The gold fills the rest.

If you look at the very bottom right of the dress, starting from the brightly lit area move towards the dress you can see black until the fold then it turns gold again.

 

[Laiza]

Heh. Let's put the three side-by-side:

Having fun yet? :>

 

[Octavia]

Here's a still version from Wikipedia:

I don't get what's so confusing to people in the original picture. It's clearly black and blue overexposed, or if you want to be literal for the colors the monitor is displaying, a poopy brown and greyish blue (which are the two I see).

The problem with the explanation picture and gif is they are not fair comparison to the original, and thus, void. The background in the original dress photo is extremely overexposed white (black gets blown out to poopy brown and dark blue to greyish light blue). In these comparisons, the background for white/gold is very underexposed. There is literally no way the original photo could be gold and white with that much overexposing and blooming. It's impossible unless someone was masking and editing the photo manually, which defeats the point of the illusion, it could be anything then.

If the original had a darker background or a bluish background, then I could see the white/gold mind trick working, but it doesn't.

 

[PillarEN]

Here are two versions posted in this thread:

The OG which caused the internet in 2015 to lose their shit:

[IMG]http://i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150226215539-black-blue-dress-super-169.jpg[/IMG]

And some other random version that someone else posted here with what I guess is the regular lighting and thus revealing the actual color of the dress:

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/vl5W2z9.jpg[/IMG]

For what it's worth when it comes to the original image I can only see the white and gold colors. It isn't possible for my eyes to give my brain other information.

 

[III-V]

Heh. Let's put the three side-by-side:

Having fun yet? :>

White/gold
Blue/black
White/gold

 

[rec0ded1]

All these films about aliens defeating us with weapons and what not but all they would need is some optical illusions and we would drive off cliffs and kill each other over what color a dress is.

 

[Laiza]

I don't get what's so confusing to people in the original picture. It's clearly black and blue overexposed, or if you want to be literal for the colors the monitor is displaying, a poopy brown and greyish blue (which are the two I see).

The problem with the explanation picture and gif is they are not fair comparison to the original, and thus, void. The background in the original dress photo is extremely overexposed white (black gets blown out to poopy brown and dark blue to greyish light blue). In these comparisons, the background for white/gold is very underexposed. There is literally no way the original photo could be gold and white with that much overexposing and blooming. It's impossible unless someone was masking and editing the photo manually, which defeats the point of the illusion, it could be anything then.

If the original had a darker background or a bluish background, then I could see the white/gold mind trick working, but it doesn't.

It is actually possible for that scenario to happen - for example, if the dress were sitting inside of a dark room while the room behind it is brightly lit.

Think about when you're standing inside of an unlit room in your house, and looking towards a lit room in the doorway - the colors of everything in the unlit room are going to be vastly different from that of the lit room. Even moreso if the window in the unlit room is open and there's moonlight streaming in.

That's where people get confused. Kind of want to set up a situation with this exact lighting scenario and see if I can't reproduce something resembling the picture.... Hmmm...

 

[habithipster]

WOLF AND A WATERMELON

 

[Monocle]

Pretty sure this is some long-running joke I'm not in on because I have NEVER seen it as white and gold.

So weird. The gold is definitely gold and the white has a light blue-purple tinge like the garment is in shadow and catching reflected light from the sky on a clear day.

 

[poppedcollar69]

how in the world did the internet not track down the original dress by now

 

[LinkSlayer64]

If anyone is saying this is white and gold seriously, go have your damn eyes checked, and watch this video.
https://youtu.be/bg41XfnIBvk

 

[PillarEN]

how in the world did the internet not track down the original dress by now

They did. It even has its own wikipedia page about it.

 

[RionaaM]

Not really an optical illusion but I always enjoy these. Most of the people in my family can't see stereograms

Spoiler

dolphin

I can only do them the wrong way, with inverted depth, by going cross-eyed. Only managed to do one of those right once, and I could never repeat that feat. What's the trick to seeing the proper depth?

 

[Laevateinn]

 

[Woorloog]

If anyone is saying this is white and gold seriously, go have your damn eyes checked, and watch this video.
https://youtu.be/bg41XfnIBvk

In the pic you quote, it is objectively light blue ("white") and brown-gold. Use a color picker if you don't believe me.

I've never seen the pic you quote any other way.

(The real dress is blue and black.)

 

[Monocle]

If anyone is saying this is white and gold seriously, go have your damn eyes checked, and watch this video.
https://youtu.be/bg41XfnIBvk

That video has a fucking obnoxious presentation. Thought you should know.

 

[RionaaM]

HOLY SHIT. That dress has never been anything but White & Gold for me.

I stared at this gif for a bout a minute, then I scrolled back up and the dress was Black and Blue in every quoted pic of the dress on this page 2 (post 51-whatever post I just quoted). I panicked, went back to the previous page, and now the dress is now Gold & White again.

That shit is a trip. I seriously though you all were fucking with us, and this was some long running joke I wasn't in on.

Nope, it's true. I can't see it as anything else than blue and dark gold/yellowish black now, but back then I was able to see the white version too.

 

[LinkSlayer64]

That video has a fucking obnoxious presentation. Thought you should know.

Because anybody who believes it is gold is obviously in need of an obnoxious presentation to educate them.

 

[SiteSeer]

lol 😂

 

[LinkSlayer64]

BTW this thread has been ruined, so everyone, including me, should be apologizing to the OP.

 

[rjinaz]

I can only do them the wrong way, with inverted depth, by going cross-eyed. Only managed to do one of those right once, and I could never repeat that feat. What's the trick to seeing the proper depth?

Honestly don't know. Actually for me I can very rarely see it the way you see it but I can't do it that way on purpose.

My eyes are just trained now that I can cross them the right way and see these images pop out instantly. It's like you just have to find the sweet spot in eye crossing.

 

[akira28]

dress is sky blue and copper colored

 

[Particle Physicist]

In the picture it objectively looks close to this, though (the "white" being more bluish gray). You can measure it.

It looks like that to you but not to everyone. The dress also happens to actually be blue. It looks blue as hell to me. I remember once it looked white/gold at a certain angle for me but I can't get it to look like that again. Read that Wikipedia link, it's pretty good.

 

[Malyse]

BTW this thread has been ruined, so everyone, including me, should be apologizing to the OP.

Less annoying than the drive by jokes. I got a few optical illusions out of it, so I'm straight.

 

[massoluk]

You know, it used to be gold for me, but now it's always blue

 

[I H8 Memes]

You know, it used to be gold for me, but now it's always blue

It was straight up white and gold for me this morning then it changed to blue and black this evening. What is this withcraft?

 

[cameron]

I used to only see white and gold (the white had a slight ambient blue tint). Anyone who said blue and black got the side-eye from me.

Now I easily see both. Either white (with blue tint) and gold or blue (washed out) and black (with a gold like reflection). Being on the fence is lame.

 

[Soapbox Killer]

For those that see gold and white (such as myself) squint at the picture or in some cases, take off your glasses and squint. It starts to get a little more blue for me the harder it is to see.

 

[akira28]

is it a cool or a hot image?

if its hot, then its blue and black with a lot of light, and if its cool, then its a yellow and white dress in the shadow.

 

[Woorloog]

is it a cool or a hot image?

if its hot, then its blue and black with a lot of light, and if its cool, then its a yellow and white dress in the shadow.

It is overexposed with poor color balancing.
The actual dress is blue and black, but the poor photo makes the colors light blue and brown-gold.

 

[DJ88]

It still puzzles me.

Thank you so much for posting this.

Still drives me crazy that people are so confused by that dumb dress even after the dead simple, one sentence explanation.

"Colors can look different under shadow or light."

"Holy fucking-what-the-witchcraft-bs-magic-zomggg!!!!"

 

[beta_fuse]

I managed to officially change what I see from white gold to blue black. It was bugging me so much I had to see it for myself so what I did was cover just enough of my eyes so I only expose the very last 2 stripes and squint until the gold turns black. Focus on the black for a little bit then start slowly scrolling up and continue focusing on the blue and black until you get to about 3/4 of the way. Hold it there for a bit and then reveal the whole thing. The first time the top threw me off again because it was still pretty gold to me but eventually it changed. Now black and blue is all I see.

 

[MRORANGE]

 

[toohectic]

This thread is a perfect example why eye witness testimony or "I saw it with my own eyes" is meaningless.

 

[xkramz]

The worst for me are the 3d spinning dancers where you have to try reeeeeeaaaallly hard to make it spin the other way.

This one:

This is easy to change from clock wise to counter clockwise. Focus on the upper legs. Tell your brain it's going clockwise and it'll change. And then do the same thing with the other upper leg area and tell yourself it's going counter clockwise.

 

[Log4Girlz]

I could switch the direction before, but now it's clockwise forever.

Staring at the shadow alone now lets me switch, SWEET

 

[alundra311]

Love these kinds of 3D images.

 

[Thequietone]

Blue and gold for me. Am I special?

 

[toohectic]

One thing to note about the spinning girl... when she is spinning clockwise, your perceived point of view is that you are watching her from a slightly elevated view. However, when she spins counter-clockwise, your perceived view is opposite and it appears as if you are slightly below her and looking upwards.

 

[Conciliator]

always fun to watch people look at the pic of that damn dress and have a little existential crisis when they're forced to accept that their eyesight is not objective reality and your brain is actually constantly giving you shortcuts under the hood that you have no conscious control over. fun!

EDIT: for the record I always saw it as blue and black, except for one time where I saw the pic being shown in a newscast, and from there it looked white and gold.

 

[t-storm]

Just focus on where her heel touches the floor and you can get it to spin the other way at will.

omg I did it! I can do it at will! I'm free from the Matrix!!!

 

[Mike M]

The dress was white and gold when I dropped by the thread earlier, but now I see blue and black.

 

[Rhaknar]

still white and gold for me, sorry :/

 

[boxter432]

I cannot get that spinning 3D dancer to do anything but spin clockwise, is everyone pranking me even though this is my first post in this thread?

 

[bobbytkc]

It still puzzles me.

That is just awesome. I love this.

 

[Pepto]

There's 16 circles in the picture.

 

[Steel]

I cannot understand how anyone sees black and blue when they look at this.

 

[cheermancy]

I cannot understand how anyone sees black and blue when they look at this.

I cannot understand how anyone sees white and gold when they look at this.

 

[rjinaz]

This is easy to change from clock wise to counter clockwise. Focus on the upper legs. Tell your brain it's going clockwise and it'll change. And then do the same thing with the other upper leg area and tell yourself it's going counter clockwise.

Another trick to switch easily. Scroll down so that only the two legs are showing. Focus on the foot of the straight leg. Now imagine the foot is like the head of a duck, the duck is watching the other foot moving in front of it and is following the movement with its head back and forth like a head shaking "no". You should be able to get the straight leg foot to basically stick in place, wagging back and forth like a dog tail, as opposed to turning in a complete circle. With it wagging back and forth you can then just choose which direction you want to go with and then scroll back up to the whole image.