What colour do you see

WoollyRedHat

Going around the internet

https://40.media.tumblr.com/a391a1b4b46dd6b498d379e50f96ecbc/tumblr_nkcjuq8Tdr1tnacy1o1_500.jpg/hel...lue#.igvaPAz0N



Black and blue or white and gold?

ETA: Some context.. someone posted the dress on Tumblr, started going around the internet, on buzzfeed
http://www.buzzfeed.com/catesish/help-am-i-going-insane-its-definitely-blue#.xl7198pN5 et al. with some people reporting to see Blue and Black, some saying White and Gold and others again seeing Black and Gold.
Can mods add a poll?

Arsemageddon

Blue and black

..any more detail about the how, what and why for this woolly?

Baby Jane

Which one means there's something wrong with you?

DoYouEvenLift

White and gold

WoollyRedHat

Arsemageddon wrote: »

Blue and black

..any more detail about the how, what and why for this woolly?

http://www.buzzfeed.com/catesish/help-am-i-going-insane-its-definitely-blue#.igvaPAz0N

I see black and blue

conorh91

It's black and blue...

update: I see traces of gold on the black fringe, but maybe it's the lighting

PandaPoo

Both! My friend just asked me, I see white and gold and then when I scroll or look at the bottom only, it turns blue/black. Depending on where I look it changes.

super_furry

Blue and gold.

Am I broken?

Wide Load

Clearly white and gold..

PandaPoo

Wide Load wrote: »

Clearly white and gold..

It's actually a black and blue dress though

sunbeam

Blue and brown.

jamesbere

Black and blue, could be someting to do with the background been so bright that people are seeing gold

Tokyo

#7D8BB8 and #77653D (blue and gold)

Arsemageddon

Baby Jane wrote: »

Which one means there's something wrong with you?

If you look at the picture and you see a naked Marty Morrissey

Wide Load

PandaPoo wrote: »

It's actually a black and blue dress though

Well now I won't sleep tonight until I make it turn black and blue

WoollyRedHat

See it's not as clear cut as people think.

As far as I'm concerned it's clearly blue and black, I see a hint of white in the front and a bit of gold, but that's it, just a hint.

idunno78

I saw this earlier! Saw it as white and gold. Then someone mentioned lilac! Now it looks lilac and a goldy green! Strange!

PandaPoo

Wide Load wrote: »

Well now I won't sleep tonight until I make it turn black and blue

This is another pic, sorry can't post links. So the dress is black and blue, but just looks white and gold.

http://

media.tumblr.com/ec387ec0bb03230268a9e905d74097d9/tumblr_inline_nkeezsjAuH1svicb3.jpg

super_furry

That's mental. I don't see any white at all, don't see any black at all. For me, it's clearly blue with gold/brownish trim.

Eugene Norman

It probably depends on your device. I don't think humans really see things that differently to each other.

I see blue and gold.

Wide Load

PandaPoo wrote: »

This is another pic, sorry can't post links. So the dress is black and blue, but just looks white and gold.

http://

media.tumblr.com/ec387ec0bb03230268a9e905d74097d9/tumblr_inline_nkeezsjAuH1svicb3.jpg

Ah now..no way is that the same dress is it? Madness.

WoollyRedHat

PandaPoo wrote: »

This is another pic, sorry can't post links. So the dress is black and blue, but just looks white and gold.

http://

media.tumblr.com/ec387ec0bb03230268a9e905d74097d9/tumblr_inline_nkeezsjAuH1svicb3.jpg

Apparently that's the actual dress being worn by the Tumblr person who started all this ( of course it was someone on Tumblr)

There's absolutely no ambiguity there for me, black and blue.
Who would of thought before the internet was invented that one day it would be used so strangers could argue about the colour of a dress on the internet.

efb

Black and Blue

PandaPoo

Wide Load wrote: »

Ah now..no way is that the same dress is it? Madness.

Yep, same dress, same woman posted it on her account!

I can see both, so I can tell that the gold and white doesn't look right, when its black and blue it makes more sense. Somehow....

incrisis

Blue dress with brown lace type things stitched on it.

Brasso

Looks white and gold to me, but if I kinda unfocus my eyes like you do to see those 3d illusion pictures then I can see it as blue and black. Also if I bring the picture right to my face so I see it as double it turns blue and black.

JupiterKid

White and gold.

The Diabolical Monocle

Eugene Norman wrote: »

It probably depends on your device. I don't think humans really see things that differently to each other.

I see blue and gold.

Any group of people/couple out there looking at same device but with different responses ??

conorh91

PandaPoo wrote: »

This is another pic, sorry can't post links. So the dress is black and blue, but just looks white and gold.

http://media.tumblr.com/ec387ec0bb03230268a9e905d74097d9/tumblr_inline_nkeezsjAuH1svicb3.jpg

Compared to the above, the original dress appears purple and black.

But still not white and gold.

No idea what is going on.

PandaPoo

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

Any group of people/couple out there looking at same device but with different responses ??

Yeah, my husband can't see anything but blue/black, whereas at the start I could only see white/gold.

There was talk of divorce....

Eugene Norman

What colour we see depends on light and reflection. If that dress is blue and black normally, it isn't in the first picture where the reflections on the black reflective bandings are reflecting brown/gold.

In other news if a reflective white surface is lit by green light it looks green.

IvySlayer

It's blue and gold

PandaPoo

conorh91 wrote: »

Compared to the above, the original dress appears purple and black.

But still not white and gold.

No idea what is going on.

Your eyes are f*cked :P

It helps to scroll so you only see the coat/shoulders, look at the coat and it should look white. Scroll down and the dress will look gold and white.

Whereas if you look at the very bottom of the dress it should look blue, scroll up and it should look blue black. Use the buzzfeed link though, works better.

bodhrandude

A psychedelic polo mint.

DEFTLEFTHAND

I thought black and blue initially although after studying it I can how the sunlight shining directly behind lightens the dark trim.

Can't see where people are getting white from though.

akura

Black and blue

Chucken

Lilac and brown trim thingy.

Are the different answers based on our eye colour....just asking

Kilboor

Black and Blue. The top trim appears brown though

PandaPoo

Chucken wrote: »

Lilac and brown trim thingy.

Are the different answers based on our eye colour....just asking

Lilac and brown? Get out!!! :P

Chucken

PandaPoo wrote: »

Lilac and brown? Get out!!! :P

That's what I see.

WoollyRedHat

Chucken wrote: »

Lilac and brown trim thingy.

Are the different answers based on our eye colour....just asking

I think the people who answer Lilac and brown trim are just really into the whole colour thing, so thats a valid answer.

There's an arguement that the result might differ depending on peoples retinas and the makeup of their rods and cones.

DivingDuck

If I look from the top down, I see blue and gold. From the bottom up, I see blue and black. (I can't see any white anywhere on this.)

I think it has something to do with biases of the brain? The top part looks quite gold, so if you see that first you'll continue to focus on the gold looking part of the black areas further down, even where the black is clearer. The reverse is also true-- if you see the black first, you'll continue to focus on that as your eyes travel upwards. I forget what this is called-- confirmation bias, maybe?

I think all we can absolutely take from this is that many digital (phone?) cameras are really crap at capturing colours accurately in poor light.

Chucken

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

I think the people who answer Lilac and brown trim are just really into the whole colour thing, so thats a valid answer.

There's an arguement that the result might differ depending on peoples retinas and the makeup of their rods and cones.

Sure what else would be looking at?

PandaPoo

Chucken wrote: »

That's what I see.

I know I was kidding, some people are seeing olive green on the link posted earlier. Madness.

ps3man

White and Gold *I have been certified as colourblind so I would check your eyes if thats what you see.

WoollyRedHat

Chucken wrote: »

Sure what else would be looking at?

No I mean into the various shades of colour. I don't like to get bogged down in indigo and lilacs and teal and all that kind of thing

Chucken

PandaPoo wrote: »

I know I was kidding, some people are seeing olive green on the link posted earlier. Madness.

I'm seeing (or am I?) on another site, they're saying yellow....

Chucken

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

No I mean into the various shades of colour. I don't like to get bogged down in indigo and lilacs and teal and all that kind of thing

I see lilac and brown. Not blue and brown.

Does wearing glasses affect it?

beyondbelief67

Blue dress with brown lace/ trimming at top and gold trimming on the rest of the dress.
Is there no link to check what color the dress is on the store selling it to put us all out of our misery ? Lol

WoollyRedHat

Chucken wrote: »

I see lilac and brown. Not blue and brown.

Does wearing glasses affect it?

I dunno, possibly.

Can we get some sciencey people in here to explain why people are seeing different things, or are loads of people actually just colourblinded and don't realize that.

I was talking to someone who claimed to see the dress first as black and blue and then white and gold, wtf!

PandaPoo

beyondbelief67 wrote: »

Blue dress with brown lace/ trimming at top and gold trimming on the rest of the dress.
Is there no link to check what color the dress is on the store selling it to put us all out of our misery ? Lol

I posted the photo, it's black and blue.