Dude...

My parents just learned about the dress it's so over

They'll be talking about this for weeks I know they will

Anyway, what colors do you see in the dress? Yeah it's black & blue, it's not up for debate, but what do you see? Do you see white & gold?

Blue and Black

It's something to do with how your brain perceives the light source, there's a picture that shows it off really well

Somebody pointed out that if you push your laptop screen back you can see the blue and black and that's when I realized they were right.

Which dress are you talking about? (yes I awakened)

I need the image rq

I thought this would be about how they caught you wearing a dress (it's blue and black btw)

I...what...

I promise you, I would not be here if that was the case

This dress:



10 years ago there was a debate on what color it is(which is why it's resurfaced: to tell the truth it never really went away)

The correct color is black & blue, but some people are perceiving the light differently and seeing different colors.

Eventually we got a picture taken with a better camera, & this particular side profile for comparison, but some ppl are still in denial.



The general consensus is that it's an ugly ass dress & a picture taken with an ugly ass camera intentionally.

Am I the only one who genuinely sees white and gold on this topic?

No, I see it too. I gotta push my laptop screen back to see black & blue. The second image really helped.

Like, step back from your screen a bit, you'll kinda start to see it, it's really cool.

There's still no 100% conclusive explanation either. Just one of the wonders of the world, I guess.

I mean, there is a "solution", it's just not a one-size-fits-all solution

Basically, the picture's over-exposure puts the light source into question, so the brain has to assume what it is & that's where the different colors come from.

Shit ton of sunlight - white & gold
Some dollar store LED - black & blue

There's a ton of studies and stuff about how it's based on if you're a day fowl or night owl

At least there's a confirmed answer for the dress' real color.

Can't say the same for The Shoe though...(yes there is a sequel to this debate, and it's completely unrelated to the explanation for the dress, it's even worse actually, not as well known but it's worse)

thats nice

is white/light blue and gold how Night Owls like me see it, or is it the other way around? because if its the latter, then thats weird

Other way around. Of course, it's not a one-for-all answer, just how it was found for most people. In reality, we still don't quite know the full answer. And it's possible to be a 'night owl', like, on your phone, which would be different from literal graveyard shifting at a desk doing who knows what(assuming that's what you meant by you're a night owl)

Well, I think it's black and blue, but that's mostly because I have seen images of that dress without the awful shading

but now...
what's the color of this shoe?

is it white and pink or teal and grey?

This one pisses me off so much bc with the dress I can atleast see the correct color thanks to screen shenanigans. Not only do we not know the shoe's actual color, I can't even find a way to not see this faded pink!

I See the Blue Color, the Pink, and the Grey So Uh

I, personally can see both blue & black, and, white & gold.

BUT what do you hear, Yanny, or Laurel? (i hear yanny, but after hearing low-pitched versions, now i can also hear laurel in a lower volume)
https://hrbosker.github.io/demos/laurel-yanny/