Is That Dress White and Gold or Blue and Black? (Published 2015) The dress is blue & black! The actual dress was black and blue. The confusion came from how lighting and color perception tricked people's brains, making some see it as white and gold. It became a viral example So assuming everyone sees the first image as a gold color, I'm just curious at what point it switches to looking black and blue : r opticalillusions Dress drama: Blue and black or white and gold? What's the science? Genetic Literacy Project Eleven years ago, a single photo posted on Tumblr sparked one of the biggest internet debates of all time. The dress instantly divided the world, some swore it was white and gold,