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What. Color. Is. The. DRESS!!!
So most of you have probably seen the dress. The dress with the big controversy on whether it is white and gold or black and blue. If you haven't seen it, just search "the dress" or "white and gold dress" or "black and blue dress" or something like that.
SO what color do you see?!
submitted by The Dress
(February 27, 2015 - 1:54 am)
(February 27, 2015 - 1:54 am)
I googled it and it is obviosly white and gold.
(February 27, 2015 - 9:15 am)
I see white and gold.
But... after having read about the dress and really looking at it, I can kind of see the blue.
(February 27, 2015 - 12:09 pm)
Totally white and gold. With a bit of gray.
(February 27, 2015 - 4:07 pm)
I searched it as well. I definitely see black and blue!
(February 27, 2015 - 4:41 pm)
I don't get HOW it can be blue!! It's totally gold and white!
(February 27, 2015 - 9:18 pm)
White and gold
(February 27, 2015 - 7:46 pm)
I looked at it and at first it was white and gold and then I scrolled down the page I was on to read about it and when I scrolled back up it was blue and black and then I looked at a little more and it changed back to white and gold. I was kind of freaking out because it was so weird.
(February 27, 2015 - 8:00 pm)
I see gold, but at the same time blue. So it's gold and white, but I can see how people can see it as blue. Not black though.
(February 27, 2015 - 10:01 pm)
White and Gold! OMG!
(February 28, 2015 - 5:35 pm)
Attention!!! This is a very important message that explains everything!!!
The dress is actually blue and black, as proved by other photos.
Our perception of color depends on interpreting the amount of light in the room or scene. So, as far as scientists can tell, because different people thought the dress was shrouded in diferent colors (i.e: I think it's in shadow), they will see different colors depending on that. Also (I lost the article, but here's the summary): there are certain cells in our brain that perceive color, and blue has the least of these cells, so it's already pretty complicated. The people who saw blue on the dress probably had more of the blue-seeing cells than the people who didn't. At least, that's how I understand it.
There! Hope that explains everything!
(February 28, 2015 - 7:36 pm)
That's not quite right. You have cones in your eyes that percieve light. You have fewer blue cones, and those whose blue cones are stronger will see blue and black. In the origianal picture, there was poor lighting and therefore made it seem different colors to different peple. This isn't the excact explanation, and I wish I could type it, but my finger's killing me and I am sick of pain.
(March 1, 2015 - 7:16 am)
@ St. Owl, that makes sense, but the explanation below can explain about the shadow thing.
There is a video on youtube I watched that explained it and it said if you see it white and gold you are assuming that it is in a room lit with natural light and that there is a shadow. When your brain sees a shadow it recognizes that it makes things darker so it compensates by making the object lighter. People who see it correctly (blue and black) see it as in a rooom lit with artificial lighting. They see the blue normally and when their brain picks up that the black could be gold it assumes that it is just reflecting off the lighting and so it keeps it black.
The video was made by asapscience on youtube if you want to look it up. And even though I see white and gold except for once for a split second it wasn't, the dress really is blue and back, which is funny because most people see it white and gold. So good job minority of people who see it blue and black, you are correct!
(March 1, 2015 - 8:29 am)
CRASH. AND. BURN. IN. MY. FLAMES. WOOHOO! I TOLD YOU SO! I WAS SOOO RIGHT!!!
My parents originally saw it as white and gold, whereas I immediately went for blue and black.
(March 3, 2015 - 2:14 am)
But I think it's lit with natural light! I originally saw it as Black and Blue but I thought the shot was outside... weird.
(March 11, 2015 - 1:48 am)
Thank you! Thank You! It is so. Obviously. Black. And. Purplish-Blue! How can people see it as white and gold?
(March 3, 2015 - 2:06 am)