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I have always seen it as white and gold until I was next to my friend on her phone and out of the corner of my eye I saw the blue and black. I told her to scroll back up to it and it was back to white and gold. It was super weird.

 

[Shuggananas]

this is gonna be crazy in a year. hey guys remember that week we talked about what color that dress was?

every kid's gonna wear a t-shirt reerencing it, it's gonna be FUGGEN EPIC

 

[gutter_trash]

on day 1 it was exclusively White n Gold to me

On day 2 it was White n Gold then switched to Black n Blue on me. The switch happened to me 3 more times then it stayed Black n Blue all night.

on day 3 so far today it has been only Nlack n Blue


Maybe my brain's perception has corrected itself after three long days of internet squabbling

 

[Rebel Leader]

this is gonna be crazy in a year. hey guys remember that week we talked about what color that dress was?

no but I remember your broken tv

 

[MarkMclovin]

This was on the news last night due to it 'Breaking the Internet' but when I was watching it I could clearly see what it really is, black and blue.

Just came into this thread for the first time and the image in the OP was clearly fucking white and gold. I changed the brightness on my phone and it changed to black and blue.

Now I can't get it back to white and gold. WTF.

 

[Black Republican]

i came back to have another look, shit, its white now!

i love stuff like this

 

[Xun]

YOu guys should take this test. it pushes some pretty awesome parts of your color vision.

http://www.xrite.com/online-color-test-challenge

post your score.

I'm not going to bother doing it again, but I got 0 on this a while back.

 

[televator]

Holly shit the mutation is spreading! I now see blue and black.

 

[Epcott]

Well this was unexpected since I wear glasses. Awesome!
Saw it as white and gold, light blue and gold, and now blue and dark brown/black.

I had to take my glasses off and I was only able to get 4. Pretty unnerving since I paint and do a little photography.

 

[faridmon]

So its a washed up photo.
Meh

I still see White and Gold, but I can see that it could be Black and Blue in a different lightning conditions.

 

[ReBirFh]

I had to take my glasses off and I was only able to get 4. Pretty unnerving since I paint and do a little photography.

4 is good, the lower the better.

 

[PhoenixDawn]

Every other version of the pic I see is black and blue to me but this one here on GAF is white and gold. I don't understand what the fuck is going on?

 

[bronk]

Well, you know the PS4 controller is black and blue, does this help?

Ahhhhh it changed from white and gold to black in blue before my eyes!!!! Now i cant unsee blue and black.

 

[Crayon]

Sure, if you take a tiny splotch out, it no longer looks black. In the context of the photo, it looks like somewhat faded black fabric.

The digital image clearly shows a yellowish brown or brownish yellow and a whitish blue blueish white.

The splotch no longer looks black because it never was. It needs no context. It is not black, nor is it grey. Maybe the dress was black in person, but the image sensor on the camera has reported otherwise.

It's a poor picture of a blue and black dress. So poor the it displays brown/yellow ans white/blue. I know my gf is the one who introduced mw to this, and she easily guessed white and gold until some jink feed thread showed her the picture of the dress from the catalog. She instantly conflated the concepts of the "actual color of the dress" and the "actual color of the picture". And magically, the dress appeared black to her.

 

[Beartruck]

Am I the only one that sees blue and gold?

 

[Nemesis121]

Yesterday when i was burnt out no sleep from work i saw white/gold, today i am rested I see black and blue, WTF is going on?

 

[Hoho for breakfast]

Here's a different optical illusion that's unrelated but also pretty cool.

 

[Rest]

Well, you know the PS4 controller is black and blue, does this help?

With this image I see the light blue and yellow colors.

 

[MrOogieBoogie]

I have never been able to see blue/back. :/

 

[thequestion]

I see blue and gold..... does this mean I'm dying?

 

[moggio]

Captain Disillusion solves the case:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg41XfnIBvk

 

[Rainbow In The Dark]

Amazing as always. You made me laugh in the middle of a seminar lol.

 

[Lovely Salsa]

At first it was white and gold but now its blue and gold forever

how do I change it back?

 

[Myths]

At first I was thinking something around cyan, then after factoring in the environment my mind's telling me white. If you tilt your screen upward, I can see how it's black and blue with some exposure issues.

Tilt your screen 60 degrees opposite you then scroll up on this thread. Yeah...

 

[Yoshichan]

i've got to ask

did this originally come from GAF? or did horse detective take it from another site?

 

[cajunator]

i've got to ask

did this originally come from GAF? or did horse detective take it from another site?

it was on tumblr. Username SWIKED.

 

[PaulloDEC]

every kid's gonna wear a t-shirt reerencing it, it's gonna be FUGGEN EPIC

Didn't take very long.

 

[Anarion07]

i've got to ask

did this originally come from GAF? or did horse detective take it from another site?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dress_(viral_phenomenon)

Facebook, originally

 

[trh]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dress_(viral_phenomenon)

Facebook, originally

"The Dress, also known as Dressgate"


I want to die

 

[tensuke]

Well, you know the PS4 controller is black and blue, does this help?

WOW. Now it's very blue, and pretty blackish gold. This changes everything.

edit: wait, it seems like i can change it from white and gold to black and blue at will now, even while still looking at it. This is fucking crazy.

 

[LX_Theo]

Well, you know the PS4 controller is black and blue, does this help?

Cool, now I can see the controller as white/gold as well

 

[Benzychenz]

Well, you know the PS4 controller is black and blue, does this help?

I still see it as more of a brown than a black, but this is the first image that has actually helped me towards seeing black/blue.

 

[Ghazi]

Blue dress from Frozen

 

[megarockexe]

I keep coming back to this and it is still so consistently a shaded white and gold. It can't be anything else.

 

[no maam]

My night is ruined.

 

[The Praiseworthy]

This has been driving me absolutely crazy, I always sees it as Black and Blue :-/

 

[23qwerty]

This has been driving me absolutely crazy, I always sees it as Black and Blue :-/

that's how you're supposed to see it

 

[BowieZ]

Could people who take fewer photos (none) and don't browse facebook or Instagram etc, and who hate shopping, be the ones at a disadvantage trying to see it as an overexposed indoor store photo? I can't see it for anything but an outdoor markets photo for some reason, although I intellectually know exactly what it is.

 

[MiszMasz]

Could people who take fewer photos (none) and don't browse facebook or Instagram etc, and who hate shopping, be the ones at a disadvantage trying to see it as an overexposed indoor store photo? I can't see it for anything but an outdoor markets photo for some reason, although I intellectually know exactly what it is.

Not sure it matters, mate. I tick all of those boxes and it always appeared to me as indoors, under unnatural light, but backlit by the sun and overexposed. I didn't even need to think about it.

 

[Stuggernaut]

I wondered what all this dress crap was but never bothered to look it up until tonight when I saw the announcers mocking it in between periods of an NHL game.

When I look at it on my computer that has a bright/light theme in the browser it is white/gold (well actually blue-ish white).

When I look at it on my tablet that has a very dark themed browser, it looks very blue and dark brown almost black.

Why the hell do people care so much? And where can I buy stock in that dress ;P

 

[Booshka]

Alright, drunk as fuck, time to see if I can see White and Gold dress. Have onlhy seen Blue and Black in any and all situations up to this point. brb.

EDIT: Nope, Blue and Black still.

 

[nintendork666]

I typically see white and gold but can trick my eyes to see the blue and black. The upper left of the dress' back is so obviously gold though that it ruins the illusion whenever it catchesmy eye though.

 

[Apath]

I tried to make it white and gold. I really tried. My thought process:

1. It looks black and blue.
2. The real dress is black and blue.
3. Isolating the colors gives a very light blue and some darkish, brownish, yellowish colors.

Conclusion: Black and blue is the correct way to see it and I can forget about this now.

 

[Beaniedude]

It's totally white and gold though.

 

[Agent_ShortBus]

Yep that's black and blue alright. No idea how some of you guys are seeing white and gold.

Edit: yo wtf, I just went back to the first page and now it's white and gold.

 

[RBK]

STAY WOKE.

 

[Zoe]

that's how you're supposed to see it

You're supposed to see it as light blue and goldish brown. If you see it as something else, that's your brain filtering the image.

 

[M.D]

When I first see the picture, its always white and gold, and if I scroll down and see it again its black and blue. Happens every time.

 

[Derpyduck]

It's blue and gold.

 

[MiszMasz]

You're supposed to see it as light blue and goldish brown. If you see it as something else, that's your brain filtering the image.

Your brain is supposed to do so, that's how colour constancy works.