February 26th, 2015 at 10:55 PM ^
Goite & Whold
February 27th, 2015 at 12:09 AM ^
Sorry for replying yo the first post, but as someone who studies vision I thought I could explain what is going on here. The dress is an example of color constancy and how our mind deals with shadows. Basically:
1) if you see the dress as black and blue, your mind is perceiving the entire picture as overexposed with the dress NOT in a shdow.
2) if you percieve the dress as gold and white, your mind is perceiving the dress as in a shdow, with the rest of the picture NOT overexposed. Because the dress is in a shadow, your mind corrects for the darker images and lightens the dress.
It is in a sense the classic checkboard shadow illusion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checker_shadow_illusion
Now what makes someone percieve the dress as in a shadow and others as not, I have no clue. For me, it switches back and forth occasionaly, but I tend to see it as gold and white with a few times seeing it as blue and black.
February 27th, 2015 at 12:28 AM ^
blue and gold
February 27th, 2015 at 8:14 AM ^
All I see is maize and blue.
February 27th, 2015 at 9:45 AM ^
February 27th, 2015 at 2:05 AM ^
This is the correct answer. There are a bunch of uninformed people on Twitter and Reddit making others believe if you see blue/black you have "higher functioning cones."
February 27th, 2015 at 5:41 AM ^
February 27th, 2015 at 9:29 AM ^
February 27th, 2015 at 11:57 AM ^
It doesn't matter which colors the dress really consists of. All that matters is that you are on my side of the argument. I will straight up stab someone. It's white and orange.
February 27th, 2015 at 8:03 AM ^
say it ain't so!
February 27th, 2015 at 7:19 AM ^
February 27th, 2015 at 7:33 AM ^
February 27th, 2015 at 8:01 AM ^
February 27th, 2015 at 12:21 PM ^
Exactly the opposite for me. All day yesterday it was white and gold and I thought the blue/black crowd was nuts. Today - Blue/black and I dont see any white yellow.
Who
is
fucking
with
me?
February 26th, 2015 at 10:55 PM ^
Blue and Black...
February 27th, 2015 at 11:31 AM ^
Even now at the far right I see only a white and gold dress that is being put through a blue shadow filter.
February 27th, 2015 at 1:11 PM ^
I'm completely with you Seth. Having taken photos for 2/3 of my life, and correcting for color, I see white and gold. And even with the picture on the right, I see an improperly exposed photo. For me, the problem is how the question is asked. You can ask two different questions:
- What color is the dress?
- What colors do you see in this picture?
The first question is what was asked, so I go with white and gold.
February 26th, 2015 at 10:56 PM ^
It's black and blue
February 26th, 2015 at 10:56 PM ^
February 27th, 2015 at 7:03 AM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 10:56 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
February 26th, 2015 at 10:57 PM ^
I see gold and white.
February 27th, 2015 at 7:49 AM ^
with the Browns and their new colors. Ha.
Gold and white. cute dress.
February 26th, 2015 at 10:56 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
February 26th, 2015 at 10:56 PM ^
Shit and toothpaste.
February 26th, 2015 at 10:56 PM ^
Is it a light blue-gray, or does it just appear that way because it's in shadow? Impossible to tell.
February 26th, 2015 at 10:58 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
February 26th, 2015 at 11:00 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
February 26th, 2015 at 11:19 PM ^
If your eyes have slightly more receptive rods than cones, you'll see White & Gold as your eyes pick up the shadow/highlight, well, but the color poorly.
If your eyes have slight better cones than rods, you'll see black/blue, as your eyes pick up color but fail to account for contrast.
I see White/Gold, but I can get the impression of blue. Buzzfeed says Black/Blue.
This is why all NASA images are always marked that color is approximated. it's all about perception/mixing.
February 27th, 2015 at 12:13 AM ^
this is not about rod/cone differences between individuals (which does exist), but about whether or not you percieve the dress as in a shadow.
February 27th, 2015 at 8:46 AM ^
I'm color blind and see it very distinctly as black and blue. No matter how hard I try to see it as white and gold I can't.
February 26th, 2015 at 10:58 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
February 26th, 2015 at 11:02 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
February 26th, 2015 at 11:05 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
February 26th, 2015 at 10:59 PM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 10:59 PM ^
the only thing that matters today are llamas
February 26th, 2015 at 11:00 PM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 11:02 PM ^
My sister showed me it for the first time and we both saw white and gold. Then someone else showed it to me later and I saw blue and black and they saw white and gold...creepy as hell.
February 27th, 2015 at 7:05 AM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 11:02 PM ^
I see Gold and White clearly
February 26th, 2015 at 11:03 PM ^
It's blue. I see the lace as black, but apparently that part is still up for debate. SCIENCE!
February 26th, 2015 at 11:04 PM ^
I've looked at it multiple times and don't see any blue or black. Just white and gold. I feel like people saying it's black and blue are in on a joke I'm not.
February 26th, 2015 at 11:11 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
February 26th, 2015 at 11:13 PM ^
once you go blue and black you never go back.
February 26th, 2015 at 11:16 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
February 26th, 2015 at 11:05 PM ^
Wow my sister sent this pic to me 5 minutes ago and it was blue and black. I see it's white and gold now so I go back to the pic she sent and it's white and gold now also. 0_0 total mindfuck