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[scosher]

Exactly. Your eyes are supposed to see whatever actual colors that are in the picture (which are gold and lightish blue). I don't consider 'the ability' to see the dress as black and blue a good thing.

Uhh except the whole dispute is what the "actual colors" are in the photo. So if those of us who still see black and blue in the washed out, overexposed photo, which is the dress' true colors in proper lighting...

Then clearly we are superior beings. #teamblackandblue

 

[borborygmus]

Pixel value of photo =/= actual dress color.

Well I actually meant to respond to the "scientifically proven" comment by Title Fight.

 

[DJ88]

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.

Yeah counter with some random ass tweet by a nobody with no source.

How about you read up on what actually happened.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/claudiakoer...k-says-the-girl-who-saw-it-in-pers#.ndgWyK8YB

 

[BadAss2961]

Shit is white and gold, or maybe a very light shade of blue with gold.

Tilting my screen so that everything goes dark and skews the colors from my angle makes it blue and black.

 

[Storm Raider]

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).

That is gold/brown and light blue.

If you put the light blue next to the white they are two different colors.

Like put it next to my avatar. They are 2 different colors. My avatar is white.

 

[hodgy100]

What. It was white and gold to begin with. Now its blur and black. What

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

Lol "emotions". My mood been changing a bit and the dress is still the same for me

Check the RGB values. It's FACTUALLY not black in the OPs picture. Whether the picture is heavily edited, overexposed, whatever. There is no black in the picture. It is gold. Even if the "actual" dress is black, that picture has no sign of black.

This can't be disputed.

 

[bananafactory]

I'm convinced this is one massive troll and everyone saying black and blue is in on it. There's LITERALLY no way that isn't gold.

Fuck you all

 

[subrock]

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.

behold! the magic of not white balancing

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

Yeah counter with some random ass tweet by a nobody with no source.

How about you read up on what actually happened.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/claudiakoer...k-says-the-girl-who-saw-it-in-pers#.ndgWyK8YB

Once again, the dress itself is meaningless. This is about the picture. As any eye dropper tool will tell you, there is no black on the dress in the PICTURE.

 

[borborygmus]

That is gold/brown and light blue.

If you put the light blue next to the white they are two different colors.

Like put it next to my avatar. They are 2 different colors. My avatar is white.

I concede that it's technically light blue, and I offered an explanation for why it might be interpreted as white.

But as I said, that's pretty far from the "black and blue" claims, which is the core of the debate (and debating whether a blue tinge on white is really blue is not that interesting).

 

[Patrick S.]

Damn, just came home from a night shift. Tonight, I saw the colours as perfectly white and golden. Now, I see blue and and black(ish). Amazing.

 

[DJ88]

Once again, the dress itself is meaningless. This is about the picture. As any eye dropper tool will tell you, there is no black on the dress in the PICTURE.

A few minutes ago you were agreeing that the actual dress was white and gold.

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.

 

[3phemeral]

Well I was responding to the "scientifically proven" comment by Title Fight.

When they said "scientifically proven," they were referring to the color of the dress had you visited the store in person and viewed the dress yourself. In other words, this:

The dress under normal lighting conditions reveals that it's blue and black and the "optical illusion" is the effect the surrounding light has on what's being displayed in the photo. Obviously, if you were to recreate that image using paint, hue for hue, you'd use gold and brown colors for - what in-person is black - and you'd use blue with a lot of white tones to achieve the rest of the dress.

 

[Floridian]

Check the RGB values. It's FACTUALLY not black in the OPs picture. Whether the picture is heavily edited, overexposed, whatever. There is no black in the picture. It is gold. Even if the "actual" dress is black, that picture has no sign of black.

This can't be disputed.

I mean, unless the woman who saw the dress in person is colorblind herself, she stated it was part black. Now the difference between dark brown/dark gold/black is debatable, but it was definitely combined with blue.

 

[Storm Raider]

Once again, the dress itself is meaningless. This is about the picture. As any eye dropper tool will tell you, there is no black on the dress in the PICTURE.

I concede that it's technically light blue, and I offered an explanation for why it might be interpreted as white.

But as I said, that's pretty far from the "black and blue" claims, which is the core of the debate (and debating whether a blue tinge on white is really blue is not that interesting).

I don't understand how anyone can mistake it for white though?


'Black and blue' and 'white and gold' are both wrong.

There's neither black or white on the dress in the photo.

(Obviously black and blue IRL)

 

[lednerg]

Check the RGB values. It's FACTUALLY not black in the OPs picture. Whether the picture is heavily edited, overexposed, whatever. There is no black in the picture. It is gold. Even if the "actual" dress is black, that picture has no sign of black.

This can't be disputed.

The dress is blue and black, which is what the debate is about. The image itself is overexposed and the white balance is off, so the black parts which should look grey are brownish. The thing behind the dress to the left also appears to be the same shade of (ugly-ass) brown/gold. Either they're the same weird color, or they're both black and the camera's white balance is off. There also could be a strong yellowish light above contributing to this.

 

[Jaroof]

I'm freakin' out. I saw white and gold for like 10 minutes, then I clicked this thread, saw the amazon pic, then scrolled back up and saw blue and black.

 

[AbortedWalrusFetus]

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).

Your confirmation bias is pushing you to select the most extreme examples of the colors in the dress. The top of the dress is reflecting yellowish light, sure, but lower on the dress it's easy to see that it's much darker and closer to black. Obviously it's not going to be pure black because that's virtually impossible, but the color is closer to black overall than anything else. The white? I just don't even get that.

 

[Steiner84]

team blue and gold

 

[dlauv]

To me it looks like it does when a pic is underexposed and there is a blue tint to everything, so I say white and gold, even though the colors are actually blue and brown. However when I scroll to it quickly with my phone on its brightest setting, it appears blue and black for just a half-second until my adjust to blue and brown.

Technically the colors are blue and brown but the debate seems to be now whether it's over exposed or under exposed, which either way creates blue and brown. I'm not a photographer, but the dress on the site is blue and black.

 

[Backfoggen]

People seeing black in there are big trollers

 

[Branduil]

The reason the black fabric looks golden-ish is because fabric reflects light(virtually no material, even if it's black, absorbs all light) and in this case the lighting is yellow.

I still don't get people seeing the clearly blue material as white, though.

 

[Stoze]

I want to see the black and blue so badly gaf, but my eyes will not let me. Maybe some day.

 

[Fusebox]

Came back to the pic after an hour or so and now it looks proper blue and black! Do I need to hand in my goldwhite team membership card now or can I have a cooling off period in case it changes back?

Seriously though OP, did you change the pic recently?

 

[TheExhaustedWalrus]

It looks like brown and blue to me.

 

[lednerg]

I want to see the black and blue so badly gaf, but my eyes will not let me. Maybe some day.

Here:

That was done with just one simple overall correction. I didn't make any selections to certain parts of the image.

 

[Izuna]

I see super blue and black, haha. Can't even see the brown anymore.

Guys this is an illusion, it can change. Stop arguing haha.

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

A few minutes ago you were agreeing that the actual dress was white and gold.

Obviously I should have been more specific in my wording.

But the point remains. What is in the pictured dress is clearly gold. Even if the real dress is black. The colour in the picture is gold/brown/yellowish/whatever.

People have been posting the A/B Checkerboard thing, which is also irrelevant. If I run my eye dropper over the A and B, they're both the same shade of grey. If you run your eye dropper over the dress, it's 100% not black.

edit: Lednerg's edited pic is now black/blue. But it needed to be heavily edited to make it black/blue.

 

[SanguineShark]

I'm able to change it almost at will,. I just have to concentrate.

This is freaky shit.

 

[The Lamp]

People seeing black in there are big trollers

I know the dress actually has dark goldish/brown almost black color frills (not TOTALLY black). I see that. But I can also tell that that's just an illumination issue of the photo and the dress actually has true black frills

The people that are holding tight onto the denial, insisting that the dress is white and gold, have broken eyeballs.

 

[Eos]

Yeah i was seeing blue and brown/black

 

[Wyndstryker]

Came back to the pic after an hour or so and now it looks proper blue and black! Do I need to hand in my goldwhite team membership card now or can I have a cooling off period in case it changes back?

Seriously though OP, did you change the pic recently?

You join the truthers club.

You've seen both sides.

 

[borborygmus]

I don't understand how anyone can mistake it for white though?


'Black and blue' and 'white and gold' are both wrong.

There's neither black or white on the dress in the photo.

(Obviously black and blue IRL)

The pixel color isn't what's mistaken for white. The dress color is interpreted as being white because my brain compensates for the blue tinge, which it considers as environmental factors.

Your confirmation bias is pushing you to select the most extreme examples of the colors in the dress. The top of the dress is reflecting yellowish light, sure, but lower on the dress it's easy to see that it's much darker and closer to black. Obviously it's not going to be pure black because that's virtually impossible, but the color is closer to black overall than anything else. The white? I just don't even get that.

I'd say it's "lighting/shading compensation" bias. I'm naturally inclined not to sample a part of the dress that my brain thinks is under a heavy shadow. That, I concede.

 

[Ben Morales]

I see the blue, but it's a much lighter shade than the photo from the online store. I see gold and not black. I've tried closing my eyes, adjusting brightness, etc. I really want to see the black because I just can't fathom how you can see that in the OP photo.

Edit: WTF I took off my glasses and turned out the lights and it's black as hell! LOL

 

[Izuna]

It's white and gold again!

Anyway I am posting hate that the mod abused the OP without mentioning that it changes for people.

 

[Arcayne]

Saw white and gold, scrolled down to read explanation, scrolled up and saw black and blue. Now it just keeps on switching back and forth WHILE I'M LOOKING AT IT. What. the. Fuck.

My GF only sees blue and black, and said "white&gold gaf, why so inferior?"

 

[Geido]

Wow. I'm testing this at work with the same screen. Different people just see different things. Amazing.

 

[Backfoggen]

I know the dress actually has dark goldish/brown almost black color frills (not TOTALLY black). I see that. But I can also tell that that's just an illumination issue of the photo and the dress actually has true black frills

The people that are holding tight onto the denial, insisting that the dress is white and gold, have broken eyeballs.

People who see something other then the color values have potatoes for eyes

 

[lednerg]

edit: Lednerg's edited pic is now black/blue. But it needed to be heavily edited to make it black/blue.

Read the edit. I didn't heavily correct anything. Just one simple operation to correct for the white balance.

 

[IceCold]

I saw it as white and gold but after being in a room with little light for a couple of hours I saw it as black and blue. Freaky stuff

 

[The Lamp]

People who see something other then the color values have potatoes for eyes

I agree.

 

[Izuna]

Read the edit. I didn't heavily correct anything. Just one simple operation to correct for the white balance.

If you doing this you will never get to see it the other way. :/

 

[Benzychenz]

Seeing it as a whole. White and Gold.

Seeing lower half only. Blue and black.

Still gold.

I seriously cannot comprehend how people are seeing black.

 

[Storm Raider]

The pixel color isn't what's mistaken for white. The dress color is interpreted as being white because my brain compensates for the blue tinge, which it considers as environmental factors.

So my brain sees a RAW file and yours see's o JPEG then sort of?

Like I see the raw source while yours has to process it then?

Only way I can interpret what you're saying.

 

[StylusX]

Damn was going to say the people claiming it to be black and blue are trolling. Now I'm outside, bright sun and it now appears black and blue. Fuck!

 

[lednerg]

If you doing this you will never get to see it the other way. :/

The vast amount of yellow on the floor doesn't let my brain think it's a white dress in blue light.

 

[FRV]

It's blue and lighter black now :S.

 

[Storm Raider]

Still gold.

I seriously cannot comprehend how people are seeing black.

There is no black at all.

That's the easy part.

The hard part for most people is seeing that the rest of the dress is blue. It's almost like people are seeing RGB Limited instead of FULL.

 

[Fusebox]

It's white and gold again!

Anyway I am posting hate that the mod abused the OP without mentioning that it changes for people.

Yeah, whoever did that seems pretty proud about missing the point of the thread.