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La Lioness Priyanka

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7. the dress on amazon is blue black

Thu Feb 26, 2015, 10:28 PM

Feb 2015

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Roman-Womens-Detail-Bodycon-Dress/dp/B00SJEUCWU

but the one in this buzzfeed link is white-ish gold

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What color is this dress? People are going a little berserk over this. [View all] nolabear Feb 2015 OP

White and gold to me too Ron Obvious Feb 2015 #1

I see blueish and gold. n/t PoliticAverse Feb 2015 #2

me too... Phentex Feb 2015 #8

Blue with black lace Ava Feb 2015 #3

It's clearly white and gold Renew Deal Feb 2015 #5

Lies!!!! Ava Feb 2015 #86

That's what I see too. KMOD Feb 2015 #6

I don't understand what they're seeing! Ava Feb 2015 #85

white and gold nt LiberalElite Feb 2015 #4

the dress on amazon is blue black La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2015 #7

we're looking at different dresses, people! LiberalElite Feb 2015 #27

There are several different colors of the dress on Amazon. Jamastiene Feb 2015 #54

If they all get the idea LiberalElite Feb 2015 #55

ROFL! Jamastiene Feb 2015 #56

Really - what's going on while we're all LiberalElite Feb 2015 #57

There is no telling. Jamastiene Feb 2015 #59

No. My mom and I were together and saw it on TV. She saw white and gold, I saw blue and black lunamagica Feb 2015 #68

While most are going to pick colors based on what they see in that lousy phone-camera pic, kentauros Feb 2015 #9

somehow for me it was both... logosoco Feb 2015 #10

It wouldn't be hard to serve a couple of different images with different colors PoliticAverse Feb 2015 #11

and I see white & gold nt LiberalElite Feb 2015 #28

I am beginning to think the picture everyone is using is an animated JPG file. Jamastiene Feb 2015 #58

No. Again, my mother and I saw it at the same time lunamagica Feb 2015 #69

Same here. IrishEyes Feb 2015 #81

I see that as blue and black. But earlier today I only saw the dress as smirkymonkey Feb 2015 #76

I see periwinkle blue and brown ailsagirl Feb 2015 #12

Me too. n/t sarge43 Feb 2015 #50

It's very clearly blue and black. Where is this white and gold that people see??????? charlie and algernon Feb 2015 #13

white and gold, but frogmarch Feb 2015 #14

I can say there's no pranking. I can see the case for pale blue and gold nolabear Feb 2015 #15

Blue and kind of black. femmocrat Feb 2015 #16

White and gold... Agschmid Feb 2015 #17

White and gold NV Whino Feb 2015 #18

We just ran an experiment at my house. KMOD Feb 2015 #19

individual differences in the cones in your eyes d_r Feb 2015 #24

Thank you for that. KMOD Feb 2015 #30

But why only with tios picture? That's why so many are going nuts lunamagica Feb 2015 #70

I think d_r Feb 2015 #73

purple and brown to meon d_r Feb 2015 #20

My wife just called me about this.. denbot Feb 2015 #21

it was white and gold the first time I looked... one_voice Feb 2015 #22

I'm with you, but we are apparently wrong (or compensating or something) Kali Feb 2015 #23

Very good illustration of the issue. PoliticAverse Feb 2015 #31

White and gold. Lars39 Feb 2015 #25

Ezra Klein just posted it on FB. I'm loving watching the fascination spread! nolabear Feb 2015 #26

"News at 11" pinboy3niner Feb 2015 #49

I see blue and black....n/t PasadenaTrudy Feb 2015 #29

Same here sakabatou Feb 2015 #34

I have no idea! n/t PasadenaTrudy Feb 2015 #37

It's funny, but I could only see white and gold this morning at work. smirkymonkey Feb 2015 #77

I realize the original dress is royal blue with black lace. blogslut Feb 2015 #32

White and Gold distantearlywarning Feb 2015 #33

Just had a fight with my spouse over this. Barack_America Feb 2015 #35

here's some advice from someone who doesn't have a spouse... orleans Feb 2015 #38

It was a kind-hearted spat. Barack_America Feb 2015 #41

interesting orleans Feb 2015 #42

So subsequent links TM99 Feb 2015 #36

I wonder about that too. It's an interesting meditation on perception. nolabear Feb 2015 #45

it's all about the lighting handmade34 Feb 2015 #39

Bluish and brown. End of story. Liberal Veteran Feb 2015 #40

agreed Skittles Feb 2015 #48

Yep. GoCubsGo Feb 2015 #62

Black is the presence of all color. White none. mackerel Feb 2015 #43

The other way around, actually n/t Ron Obvious Feb 2015 #61

light theory vs pigment theory blogslut Feb 2015 #64

Damn thing has already showed up on Snopes! nolabear Feb 2015 #44

Blue and gold... but it's changed 3 different times in 10 min taught_me_patience Feb 2015 #46

I shouldn't have done so much DMT olddots Feb 2015 #47

This is a joke right? JimDandy Feb 2015 #51

..... Inkfreak Feb 2015 #52

lol!!! Phentex Feb 2015 #53

I saw both. bravenak Feb 2015 #60

now on the NY Times too.... steve2470 Feb 2015 #63

It's a lovely combination. In_The_Wind Feb 2015 #66

Periwinkle Blue and Burnt Umber. Avalux Feb 2015 #65

The device it is viewed on plus the differences in people's vision. PoliticAverse Feb 2015 #78

Green TrogL Feb 2015 #67

Fee fee fi fi fo fo fum... KamaAina Feb 2015 #71

My question is why is the photo of such shitty quality? Blue_Tires Feb 2015 #72

I think that it is a marginal-quality photo is a big reason for the effect. nt PoliticAverse Feb 2015 #79

It's bizarre. I started looking at this in the morning and saw only a white and gold dress. smirkymonkey Feb 2015 #74

Whatever color it may be, it's a butt ugly dress. countryjake Feb 2015 #75

Everyone at work was talking about this dress. IrishEyes Feb 2015 #80

I like it better white and gold Kalidurga Feb 2015 #82

Well that was fun. Especially watching the networks try to keep up. nolabear Feb 2015 #83

Is "butt ugly" a color? Should it be? jmowreader Feb 2015 #84