What color is the dress?

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 2/26/15 at 11:00pm

It's blue and black.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/26/15 at 11:04pm

ok.

What color is THIS dress?

I say it's green.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 2/26/15 at 11:13pm

Fuchsia with lime green motifs. Duh!

[HorseTears]

Posted: 2/26/15 at 11:42pm

I'd be interested to read a technical explanation of what's going on here and why some people recognize the "true" colors faster than others. In my household, two of us saw white & gold first, but then saw blue & black after about 10 minutes; one person saw blue & black from the start; and one person saw white & gold and still only sees white & gold a couple of hours later.

[HorseTears]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 12:23am

Some explanations from VICE:
http://www.vice.com/read/heres-whats-happening-with-that-dress-with-the-confusing-colors-882?utm_source=vicefbus

...and WIRED:
http://www.wired.com/2015/02/science-one-agrees-color-dress/

[tazber]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 8:29am

Is there a definitive answer?

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 9:27am

Apparently it is blue and black.

[Jane2]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 9:42am

Something to ponder today.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 9:59am

In the grand scheme of things, who cares?

[SNAFU]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 10:01am

Every party has a pooper, that's why we invited you!

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 10:16am

Judging by social media, just a few million people.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 10:18am

When this thread was started, I had no clue what the OP was talking about since there's no picture in the post.

But after seeing it, it's light blue and gold.

[n2nbaby]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 10:50am

This is the dumbest thing in the entire world.

Blue and black.

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 11:06am

I'm the only one who sees it as white (with a tint of blue) and gold

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 11:07am

It's actually not the dumbest thing. It's a fascinating example of how we don't all see colors the same.

[Gorlois]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 11:10am

99% of the time it's been blue and black, but I've seen it gold and white twice.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 11:12am

Totally agree N2N

[Jane2]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 11:13am

When I saw it, there were three dresses shown, so it was no fun.
Not dumb at all. I taught an entire lesson plan on how we see color. The students were fascinated.

I went back and looked at the original single dress. I saw gold and pale blue.

Updated On: 2/27/15 at 11:13 AM

[tazber]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 11:20am

I only saw it as white and gold.

But there is proof that it is:
blue and black

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 11:27am

I see pale blue and gold. I don't know how anyone gets black from that which is crazy. Does that mean that when I wear black, some people see me as wearing gold?

[Marianne2]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 11:31am

I always saw blue. I first saw the black then I wasn't 100% sure if it was black or brown or bronze. It never really looked gold there. I see black again today.

And buzzfeed's poll had 71% seeing the white and gold to only 29% black and blue. So, it depends on who you personally spoke to or what you looked at.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/catesish/help-am-i-going-insane-its-definitely-blue?bftw&utm_term=4ldqpfp#.elLYmjoal

[Fantod]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 11:53am

I can switch it at will.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 12:07pm

It's blue and black. The original picture's color levels were intentionally manipulated.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 12:08pm

So you really are seeing white and gold...in the first pic because the color levels were tampered with, but in reality the dress is blue and black.

Updated On: 2/27/15 at 12:08 PM

[best12bars]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 12:09pm

This is the sort of "news story" that leaves me black and blue.