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19. We just ran an experiment at my house.

Thu Feb 26, 2015, 11:03 PM

Feb 2015

My oldest daughter brought the photo up on her iphone. We all agreed it was blue and black.

She then turned the brightness all the way up. She and my husband saw white and gold, yet I still saw blue and black.

This is very odd.

Some notes: We are all sitting in the same lighting. We all have blue eyes. Daughter and Husband wear corrective lenses, contacts, I do not.

I don't know, I just don't get this.

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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