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[LeleSocho]

The blue is consistently blue all the way through, and very blue compared to the white background in the top right and down the right side.

The other colour is brown at the top getting closer to black as you go down.

If you have to make a call between white/gold and blue/black it is blue/black because there is no white in the dress.

How about no?
Again i can totally agree that the white is (a superultralight) blue and viceversa because the "white" is not under direct sunlight and it is/looks blue but the "gold" part is obviously not black as you said is at best a shade of brown and brown is totally different than black.
If it was a shade of black (lol as if black could have shades) it would be dark gray.
The RGB values do not lie.

 

[Arcadius]

I saw this thread yesterday night when it hit around 17 pages. 31 now and climbing, this is insane.

Also, Blue and Gold/Brown, Black. My brother saw the same. For those wondering how, at least read the OP.

 

[janoDX]

OP Photo I see:

Light Blue and Bronze. No joke.

 

[-Deadpool-]

Blue and black.

My mind was blown when I started scrolling down to see that most people were saying white and gold though. Wow! Crazy stuff.

 

[BlueMagic]

So what's the consensus?
White and gold for me.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

So what's the consensus?
White and gold for me.

you're wrong

 

[Anon67]

It was clearly white and gold when I just woke up and minutes later it turned blue and black!

 

[DECK'ARD]

How about no?
Again i can totally agree that the white is (a superultralight) blue and viceversa because the "white" is not under direct sunlight and it is/looks blue but the "gold" part is obviously not black as you said is at best a shade of brown and brown is totally different than black.
If it was a shade of black (lol as if black could have shades) it would be dark gray.
The RGB values do not lie.

The blue is consistently sky blue, it's not close to the bright white of the background.

The 'gold' is brown at the top to a darker brown, ie getting closer to black, at the bottom.

View it in a brighter environment such as outside and it will appear consistently blue and black as it's harder to distinguish the brown.

 

[Fuu]

I can almost change my perception of it at will. I normally see white and gold but if I squint or change the angle of the screen I see the black and blue.

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

RGB values for black would be: 0,0,0
RGB values for white are: 255,255,255

The RGB values for the brown in that picture (and not the actual dress) varies but isolated pixels aside it is absolutely not black. And the "white" is definitely not white.

 

[leadbelly]

It's anime now:

Yeah. It's definitely lighting context.

It's because she is standing at the window with the sun shining behind her.

 

[Faddy]

I want to believe.

The coat thing is blue as well

 

[Nabbis]

Black and blue. This is very interesting... If i flash the picture very fast, i can see white and gold.

 

[psychotron]

Blue and brown for me. Saw it last night because a friend posted it. They freaked on me saying there's no way I saw blue. I'm like, wtf, because that's all I see. There was no white at all to be found.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

on a semi-related note, here's a rather fascinating video about color perception being linked to language

http://www.boreme.com/posting.php?id=30670#.VPBXKC58vb4

the Himba tribe in Namibia use same word for the color of water and milk, and the sky is black for them

they have two different words for and can easily differentiate between these colors

but struggle to find the difference between these colors

In Vietnamese, blue and green are considered shades of the same color (basically the name for green is either "blue", or "plant leaf blue" when there is a need to differentiate from normal blue). English-speaking people sometimes shorten this idea as "The Vietnamese don't see the difference between blue and green", even though they definitely do. So I wonder if Himba people really struggle for this.

 

[Crimson_Justice]

Came in, it was white and gold no doubt about it. Read the rest of the OP, looked at the two bottom pictures, scrolled back up to look again, and it was blue and black. Wow.

The explanation is interesting, too. I knew about rods and cones, but not the rest.

 

[Diprosalic]

Black and Blue masterrace checking in.

only one in my family to get it right.
must've something to do with my color blindness.

 

[Einchy]

Life was more simple without this dress.

 

[Skellig Gra]

My wife has that dress it's black and blue.

 

[SymbiantXenos]

Fully blue and black again.

 

[smokeymicpot]

It is black and blue.

 

[Violet_0]

In Vietnamese, blue and green are considered shades of the same color (basically the name for green is "plant leaf blue"). English-speaking people sometimes shorten this idea as "The Vietnamese don't see the difference between blue and green", even though they definitely do. So I wonder if Himba people really struggle for this.

well according to the researcher in the video it takes them much longer to find the blue than the average Westerner, while they're much faster and less likely to make a mistake when they have to find the different green shade

 

[tkscz]

What the what? I saw white and gold earlier and now I see blue and black.

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

I think people in here need to reexamine what black actually is because as someone else said: The RGB values do not lie.

 

[Derwind]

I see deep blue and black.

 

[Jisgsaw]

White and Gold.

Edit: I felt the need to state that about an hour after this post I started seeing it as Blue and Black, now I only see it as Blue and Black.

I can't explain this.

Exact same rection, strange. (well, it's more brown than black, but definitively not gold, and not as I first saw it).
(well, for me the shift was when I actually saw the real dress, with a better photo).

 

[Mr Git]

Blue and black for me. My eyesight is still decent. *Should add some of the black is definitely slightly lighter, especially near the top*

Also Horse Detective your tag is phenomenal.

 

[Violet_0]

I see deep blue and black.

it's neither
it's light/greyish blue and gold, and to the people saying it has to be black and blue because the dress is black and blue - it has different color values in the damn picture

 

[Romez]

So is this whole thing a giant troll?

 

[Atruvius]

Saw it in white and gold this morning. Now, 8 hours later, I see it blue and black. D:

 

[Fuu]

:lol just heard about it on the radio in Brazil. Crazy how quickly this spread and how big it got.

 

[vicnorris]

It's really damn BLUE, the other I would call a dark gray, there are areas when it's darker and up it the dress its like a grayish color.

No doubt on blue tough.

 

[YianGaruga]

So is this whole thing a giant troll?

There is probably some big thing happening today that we're supposed to miss and it's a CIA thing to distract us.

Spoiler

And the blue/black crowd is in on it

 

[Lemonte]

When I first saw it it was golden and white. Few hours later I looked it again and now it's blue and black... My brain hurts. I liked golden and white better.

 

[Entropia]

Last night when I looked at it, it was blue/black. This morning, right after waking up, it's blue/gold(though more brown).

Weird.

 

[Swhalen]

When I first saw it it was golden and white. Few hours later I looked it again and now it's blue and black... My brain hurts. I liked golden and white better.

Same thing happened to me

 

[AngryMoth]

Can only see white/gold. I get how you could interpret blue but people seeing black is seems absurd. I don't know what is real anymore.

 

[tkscz]

Can only see white/gold. I get how you could interpret blue but people seeing black is seems absurd. I don't know what is real anymore.

You feel confused? Try seeing it white and gold at first, but now seeing it as blue and black.

 

[Kouichi]

A bit late on this, but I see blue and brown. This is pretty interesting.

 

[LeleSocho]

The blue is consistently sky blue, it's not close to the bright white of the background.

The 'gold' is brown at the top to a darker brown, ie getting closer to black, at the bottom.

View it in a brighter environment such as outside and it will appear consistently blue and black as it's harder to distinguish the brown.

Again as i said the blue is blue but it can appear like a white object that is in a shadowed place in contrast to the directly sunlit background because of the approximation of the eye, but the brown has strong hints of yellow trough all the dress (thus people calling it gold) and it's impossible to define as black as in it's neither black nor an approximation of it (that would require a dark gray color).
Again, the RGB values are there to testify that.

 

[ffdgh]

Ok so looking at a different laptop screen....It's blue, brownish gold near the top, and black-ish near the bottom now lol.

 

[Interceptor]

On my phone its blue, in the news on my pc it's white.

I guess we all learned a valuable lesson about monitor calibration today.

 

[Smo21]

Weird when I first looked at it it was white and gold, tinge of blue in the white. Walked around and got ready, not its black and blue... Wtf?

Edit after posting its white and gold again.

 

[CloverCarr]

I think people in here need to reexamine what black actually is because as someone else said: The RGB values do not lie.

I see black that appears greyer / browner due to an overexposed photo. If someone asked me what colour the dress was I'd say black & blue because it's easier than saying blue and a black that appears greyer because the photo you're showing me has been overexposed.

 

[Izuna]

People who see it as white and gold, this is what is happening. Your brain is interpreting the light part of the dress as being white with a cool shade. Your brain is overcompensating on this. Just like how this house is white and navy, but if you really looked the image colour palette, it is actually just light blue. You just understand that it's only the lighting that is doing that. I ask you what colour it is, you will say white and navy.

People who see it as Blue and Black, you are NOT really seeing black, that is the illusion. Zoom in, look at the palette, you are seeing the brown as black because your brain thinks the brighter part of the image should be a darker blue.

This is why when you see the original dress, its saturated dark blue doesn't surprise you. The actual image doesn't have that colour, but that is what your brain interprets.

It is fascinating. The choices White And Gold, Blue And Black, coupled with knowledge of what it actually is and knowledge of what exposure does, is causing such a heated argument.

"How is it white?"
"How is it black?"

We never hear, "how is it blue?"
Or, "How is it gold?"

The illusion is whether or not our brains decide to assume the light blue should be darker or lighter in better lighting.

My GF is on Black and Blue and from this thread I know it is very hard to see it the other way if that is what she sees the first time, but at the very least I was able to make her understand that the Black lace she sees is not the actual colour.

I think seeing Blue and Brown is important to understanding that it can be seen another way.

It's not about convincing yourself, or trying to understand how the colours can be different. You will be able to see it differently, and when it does you won't be able to explain it. Blue and Black have more scientific backing and they swear by it far more than White and Gold.

I think this is because we are used to calling dark colours "blacks" more in society, as we rarely get to see actual black. Making us less sensitive to changes in dark colours.

 

[Xenex]

I have mastered this voodoo sorcery, I can see both 'Black and Blue' and 'Gold and White'.

First time though all I saw was 'Gold and White' and it wasn't until I used my phone that I saw 'Black and Blue'.

 

[Reyne]

Blue and black.
My family sees white and gold and now I am the crazy one. Oh well.

 

[Hasney]

When it was a bright and sunny day with that light on my screen, it was white and gold. now it's overcast, it's black and blue. However, I did see the real dress normally inbetween, so I don't know if it's my brain just filling in the gaps. Nice.

 

[Akiller]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=UePtoxDhJSw

 

[Langdon Alger]

on a semi-related note, here's a rather fascinating video about color perception being linked to language

http://www.boreme.com/posting.php?id=30670#.VPBXKC58vb4

the Himba tribe in Namibia use same word for the color of water and milk, and the sky is black for them

I find it impossible to belive that people see colors differently because of the words they use to label them. I also find it impossible to believe that the sky looks black to this tribe.