Wyndstryker
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Welcome to realizing we're in the Matrix.
The colors of this photo will appear different to everyone. I think?
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Welcome to realizing we're in the Matrix.
EmCeeGramr
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No, I don't mean people seeing a washed out picture of a blue dress as darkened white, I mean people saying "it's not blue at all! It's a pale/light blue!" as if that's totally different, or comparing the plainly blue hue of the dress in the picture to a swatch of 0,0,255 "pure" blue as if that's the only valid blue in existence.
LT Snoshado
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Holy shit... I was wearing contacts earlier and the dress was blue and black to me. Now I'm in bed an hour later without contacts and its freaking white and gold.
What is happening to me
EDIT: Just looked at the other photo I saw and it is no longer black and blue. I'm scared, GAF.
EDIT 2: It's back to black and blue. Wtf.
What is happening to me
It was a different photo earlier so maybe I was looking at the real black and blue dress... Dun, dun, dunnnn.
EDIT: Just looked at the other photo I saw and it is no longer black and blue. I'm scared, GAF.
EDIT 2: It's back to black and blue. Wtf.
Storm Raider
Banned
There is no black or white on the dress.
I'm sorry if you think there is you have major problems.
I'm sorry if you think there is you have major problems.
samoscratch
Member
Black and blue but I am horrifically colorblind.
Paper Sparrow
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I didn't realize hell was that hot.
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Blue and black see neogaf as blue and black.
what a dark world they must live in.
what a dark world they must live in.
This is me lol
cheststrongwell
my cake, fuck off
It keeps changing back and forth for me. My whole belief system is crumbling around me.
The sky is gold.
borborygmus
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There's no black, but it could be white fabric that is subject to radiosity and poor lighting.
Still, it's a pretty far cry overall from the "black and blue" that some people seem to see. I think there's more to this than the interpretation of whether the fabric is technically white or light blue.
Bubble Metropolis
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Man it'd be dope to have another Deus Ex game.
Seeing it as a whole. White and Gold.
Seeing lower half only. Blue and black.
Are you insane?! This is white and gold!
There is no black or white on the dress.
I'm sorry if you think there is you have major problems.
I don't think the color in the photo is pure white, it is obviously in the shade so the white balance makes it look blue.
ie.
I swear to god the OP edited the source for the image and swapped it for a blue one. This is exactly what happened to me.
lordfuzzybutt
Member
Blueish white and gold for me.
Ok, so the daily mail fixed my white and gold problem
http://i.*****************/i/pix/2015/02_04/black-and-blue-dress.gif
not sure if this gif will work here, but now it appears to me as solid periwinkle/copper (aka, blue and black)
http://i.*****************/i/pix/2015/02_04/black-and-blue-dress.gif
not sure if this gif will work here, but now it appears to me as solid periwinkle/copper (aka, blue and black)
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
I'm amazed this is still going, Wasn't it already confirmed by the guy who started it that the dress is white and gold?
Not that the confirmation was needed.
Rats Off To Ya
Banned
I honestly kind of feel sorry for people who have only seen one color, regardless which it is. Seeing that dress turn from stark god damn white to royal fucking blue right in front of my eyes was one of the most profound experiences of my short life.
cheststrongwell
my cake, fuck off
I copied it to my work PC earlier. It was white and gold then. Now the same copy is blue and black.
hydrophilic attack
Member
This is an obvious troll. The people saying black and blue are playing along.
Storm Raider
Banned
The fabric is blue and black, you can tell on the official Amazon page for the dress
Doesn't matter though, this is about the colors in the picture.
Which are dark gold, almost black in the shadows and light blue in other places.
As for everyone, Use a photoshop color picker and you will see for yourself. It's not white at all, and I don't see how some people cannot see the difference between white and the dress.
this is absolute bullshit
Storm Raider
Banned
I don't think the color in the photo is pure white, it is obviously in the shade so the white balance makes it look blue.
ie.
If it's not pure white then it's either
A) gray
B) another color.
And it's B). It's light blue.
In the pic you posted the pants are yellow, jacket is blue.
Except there are people swearing up and down that the actual dress is Gold and White.
Wyndstryker
Member
The dress is pretty much the best optical illusion example.
It's legitimately Black and Blue.
However due to lighting in the photo and other sources it can fool the eyes into seeing White and Gold.
Some people saw the color change just by scrolling down then up. Others saw it change after closing their eyes for a few moments. Some just by taking off glasses/contacts. Doesn't change the fact that the eyes can easily be fooled.
In short. We live in the matrix.
It's legitimately Black and Blue.
However due to lighting in the photo and other sources it can fool the eyes into seeing White and Gold.
Some people saw the color change just by scrolling down then up. Others saw it change after closing their eyes for a few moments. Some just by taking off glasses/contacts. Doesn't change the fact that the eyes can easily be fooled.
In short. We live in the matrix.
I feel like this is some elaborate joke loads of you are in on, it's the only thing that explains these crazy white/gold responses 
It's clearly blue/black, and doesn't change no matter the lighting conditions.
How the fuck can I have such a difference in colour perception to so many of you, and it's never come up in all my years on this planet, until this magical photo pops up?
I am deeply confused.
It's clearly blue/black, and doesn't change no matter the lighting conditions.How the fuck can I have such a difference in colour perception to so many of you, and it's never come up in all my years on this planet, until this magical photo pops up?
I am deeply confused.
Black/blue is the original breh. white/gold is because of lighting effects
Storm Raider
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Very stubborn people in my opinion, like there is straight up proof the colors are blue/gold in he photo, black and blue IRL. Scientific facts.
I feel like I'm in a religion thread
It was confirmed by the woman who posted the original pic that the dress is blue and black.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
No way in hell.
I ran it through photoshop and got the hex and it's this shade http://www.colorhexa.com/8898bc
I also posted an inverted photo earlier in this thread too and shows the dress to be yellow rather than black. Proving that the dress is blue. If the dress was white in any way the inversion would have made the dress closer to the black spectrum but it didn't.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
I've seen that. But I counter with this
https://twitter.com/BradTheLadLong/status/571099364850061313
Also this
I see no hint of "black" there. If you see black, then may god have mercy on your soul.
Wyndstryker
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Also scientific facts on why some people see white/gold. It's in the OP.
Seeing it as a whole. White and Gold.
Seeing lower half only. Blue and black.
The reason you more easily see the bottom as being black and blue is because of the thing behind the dress on the left. Whatever that is, it's clearly supposed to have a black and white pattern on it. You can see that the black parts of that pattern have a yellowish tinge. This helps your brain correct for the yellowish tinge on the black parts of the dress. The yellow comes from the white balance of the camera being horrible.
borborygmus
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I checked it with a color picker:
Consistent with gold (not even remotely close to being black), and a shaded/tinged white fabric (which is technically 'light blue' but one can reasonably interpret it as a shaded white that is subject to radiosity).
I checked it with a color picker:
Consistent with gold and a shaded/tinged white fabric
Pixel value of photo =/= actual dress color.
Storm Raider
Banned
I ran it through photoshop and got the hex and it's this shade http://www.colorhexa.com/8898bc
I also posted an inverted photo earlier in this thread too and shows the dress to be yellow rather than black. Proving that the dress is blue. If the dress was white in any way the inversion would have made the dress closer to the black spectrum but it didn't.
That is a light blue to me. Can't see how anyone could see white!
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
The actual dress colour is technically meaningless though.
The PICTURE is clearly gold/lightish blue (shaded white)
You should review my posting history with whom I was speaking with to understand the context of my replies.
I've seen that. But I counter with this
https://twitter.com/BradTheLadLong/status/571099364850061313
Also this
I see no hint of "black" there. If you see black, then may god have mercy on your soul.
Lol "emotions". My mood been changing a bit and the dress is still the same for me
I did at first but now I don't. My brain picked up on the detail after I saw the dress and color corrected photo. I can only see it in blue and black now. It's all really a subconscious thing.
MisterNoisy
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All the white/gold responses (and particularly the defensiveness associated with them) are kinda weirding me out.
friskykillface
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i wish 2015 was known only for the dress debate
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