The colors of this photo will appear different to everyone. I think?
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Benzychenz
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Maybe a tiny bit in the shadow in the folds? Even then it looks more like dark gold/brown to me.
When people are saying it is changing, they mean it. I changed my stance when I saw it change.
White Gold, to Blue Gold, complained so much about it looking black.
I did the whole RGB value stuff, but after about an hour or two I saw a deep blue and black. Then I could switch
I know that when people say black, they mean it.
That's why I am so fascinated. This isn't an illusion where out minds are hiding the truth, this is like the girl spinning left or right, we see one or the other.
Almost all who went detective in RGB values started seeing blue and gold according to this thread. Mostly those who originally saw white and gold.
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Ok I just watched a news report about this and each time they put the picture up the color scheme would switch back and forth.
This is legit creepy. Please stop.
This is legit creepy. Please stop.
Chance Hale
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Oh god, I actually got it to turn. Thought it was one of those peer pressure experiments.
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ultratruman
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I wonder if this has anything to do with lighter coloured eyeS being more sensitive to light?
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I see a yellowish gray and a reddish blue.... viewing on a calibrated EIZO for professional image editing.
When people are saying it is changing, they mean it. I changed my stance when I saw it change.
White Gold, to Blue Gold, complained so much about it looking black.
I did the whole RGB value stuff, but after about an hour or two I saw a deep blue and black. Then I could switch
I know that when people say black, they mean it.
That's why I am so fascinated. This isn't an illusion where out minds are hiding the truth, this is like the girl spinning left or right, we see one or the other.
Almost all who went detective in RGB values started seeing blue and gold according to this thread. Mostly those who originally saw white and gold.
I think it's because the longer you stare at it (if you are staunchly white/gold) the more you start looking for imperfection and start being able to pick out the blue from the white and then as the white gets bluer the black becomes more and more apparent. Your eyes just get used to the color.
I still easily see why people can see it as white/gold and the black itself is *definitely* reflecting as a gold (a very muddy gold but still that tinted gold back of the yellow reflecting off of black).
I can freely switch my perception between either but it still takes my eyes a second or two to adjust. It depends on what I focus my eyes on though.
Definitely not. You see the color distortion, recognize it's a lighting issue, and then interpret what the dress is in reality.
That's why I mentioned earlier people should clarify when they make an assessment: Are you interpreting the actual pixel value of the photo or making a claim of the real color of the dress in person?
Cheat Code
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It's red and yellow and orange and red and yellow and orange and red and yellow and orange and red and yellow and orange and satan and red and yellow and orange.
This is why I say it's a semantic argument and not actual perception.
kingwingin
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I light coloured eyes and they are super sensitive to light. But this pic keeps swapping pallets on me, went from white to blue to back to white.
I can't eve describe it
Benzychenz
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For what it's worth I have beautiful blue eyes and I can only see gold.
So many people are over looking the obvious in the question? Whats the colour of the DRESS not the colours in the picture. The dress is clearly White and Gold.
The white only looks blue/greyish because of the lighting. If you hold a white piece of paper and hold it in the sunlight. Look at the side where the sunlight is hitting the page and it is clearly white. If you look on the other side where it is in the shade it is blueish/greyish but that still doesn't change the fact that it is a white piece of paper.
The white only looks blue/greyish because of the lighting. If you hold a white piece of paper and hold it in the sunlight. Look at the side where the sunlight is hitting the page and it is clearly white. If you look on the other side where it is in the shade it is blueish/greyish but that still doesn't change the fact that it is a white piece of paper.
not me although I still see it as blueish white/gold, but can force it to look black and blue if I begin to see it from the bottom, but its nothing close to the actual blue black photo of the dress, what I see is a VERY washed out photo of a blue/black dress, but its just my mind overcompensating for the bad white balance/overexposed and trying to recreate a blue/black dress
SomeRandomWeirdGuy
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Saw it as black and blue the whole time, woo. Though looking at it a bit harder I can kinda see the black seeming goldish. But it's blue and black.
Okay so here's the original:
Modified brightness -20 with +20 blue in highlights only to counteract the yellow:
Further modified version with brightness -40 and +40 blue in highlights only to counteract the yellow:
I left preserve luminance on for both modified images. But you can see more natural blacks and natural whites, especially in the cloth next to the dress.
Modified brightness -20 with +20 blue in highlights only to counteract the yellow:
Further modified version with brightness -40 and +40 blue in highlights only to counteract the yellow:
I left preserve luminance on for both modified images. But you can see more natural blacks and natural whites, especially in the cloth next to the dress.
MrCookiepants
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Have you ever heard of lighting? We know the yellow light is reflecting off the shiny black material, giving it a gold tinge. And that the over exposure is making the blue appear a few shades lighter.
But we are superior human beings and we recognize a blue and black dress when we see one.
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What's interesting is that you're wrong. Factually it is a black and blue dress.
But this photo is overexposed... the content of a black and blue dress is not in there.
And from my view, any viewing of the dress in that photo appears white and gold, and I cannot see how others see it differently.
I don't get it. The white and gold looks cool on that contoller though.
Lynd7
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OK it has finally clicked over for me. I can see how people are saying Blue/Black now.
Whoa....
Edit: Its kinda crazy, I can see a definite blue, although its pale. Before it was definitely showing as a white with what looked like a very slight blue tint, like an off white balance. The black was absolutely gold.
Well, I am glad it finally changed for me, its pretty cool.
Whoa....
Edit: Its kinda crazy, I can see a definite blue, although its pale. Before it was definitely showing as a white with what looked like a very slight blue tint, like an off white balance. The black was absolutely gold.
Well, I am glad it finally changed for me, its pretty cool.
Wait, can I cross you off my list or not?
Well technically it's more like blue gold or blue black but really it's both.
Like I said, I can see the gold or the black depending on how I care to adjust my eyes and/or interpret the image.
This has gone viral to a degree I don't think I've seen on the Internet up until now. As in, truly mainstream, TV, radio, FaceBook, Twitter, etc. Well, at least in Australia. It's everywhere.
It's started to turn meta already, which in interesting. I probably saw 25 status about it today alone on FB.
It's started to turn meta already, which in interesting. I probably saw 25 status about it today alone on FB.
Haha, and just when it seems like everyone has accepted that the actual dress is blue and black. We get a post like this.
I love it.
SlickShoes
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White and Gold on my iPad and Black and Blue on my PC.
TheChewyWaffles
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It's always white and gold for me. What does that mean?
chicko1983
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what the fk?
I can only see dark blue and black lace, the top lace is sort of bright, but the bottom of the dress it is clearly black.
I can only see dark blue and black lace, the top lace is sort of bright, but the bottom of the dress it is clearly black.
You're insane.
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