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Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4139 Posts
February 28 2015 13:01 GMT
#201
https://twitter.com/WIRED/status/571247167043731456/photo/1

the middle pic is the same as from OP. My assumption: They just slide the bright/contrast or whatever and publiced it in 3 differently pics. What a joke but nice PR thing. You really should read comments on amazon, they are great!.
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quirinus
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Croatia2489 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-02-28 13:24:44
February 28 2015 13:23 GMT
#202
lol @ people seeing black. I bet you were the one who, as a kid, was trying to eat crayons instead of painting with them

it's gold or goldish-brown
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light blue or white (depends on what was the lighting/shadow intensity)

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PoP
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
France15446 Posts
February 28 2015 13:28 GMT
#203
On February 28 2015 22:23 quirinus wrote:
lol @ people seeing black.

it's gold or goldish-brown
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light blue or white (depends on what was the lighting/shadow intensity)

I bet you were the one who, as a kid, was trying to eat crayons instead of painting with them


The dress in the picture is actually black and blue as confirmed by the person who took it, just so you know.
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Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12911 Posts
February 28 2015 13:30 GMT
#204
On February 28 2015 22:28 PoP wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 28 2015 22:23 quirinus wrote:
lol @ people seeing black.

it's gold or goldish-brown
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light blue or white (depends on what was the lighting/shadow intensity)

I bet you were the one who, as a kid, was trying to eat crayons instead of painting with them


The dress in the picture is actually black and blue as confirmed by the person who took it, just so you know.

Yeah but the colors on the pictures are indeed gold / light blue. Who cares what the actual color is.
WriterMaru
PoP
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
France15446 Posts
February 28 2015 13:47 GMT
#205
On February 28 2015 22:30 Poopi wrote:
Yeah but the colors on the pictures are indeed gold / light blue. Who cares what the actual color is.


Well when so many people clearly see it as the color it actually is (I do), then it's pretty funny to consider only the other part is right.
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Yurie
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
12084 Posts
February 28 2015 13:51 GMT
#206
On February 28 2015 22:47 PoP wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 28 2015 22:30 Poopi wrote:
Yeah but the colors on the pictures are indeed gold / light blue. Who cares what the actual color is.


Well when so many people clearly see it as the color it actually is (I do), then it's pretty funny to consider only the other part is right.


If you check the third post, what colour is it at in the scale? On my monitor it is nowhere near black or white on either of the scales.
PoP
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
France15446 Posts
February 28 2015 13:56 GMT
#207
On February 28 2015 22:51 Yurie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 28 2015 22:47 PoP wrote:
On February 28 2015 22:30 Poopi wrote:
Yeah but the colors on the pictures are indeed gold / light blue. Who cares what the actual color is.


Well when so many people clearly see it as the color it actually is (I do), then it's pretty funny to consider only the other part is right.


If you check the third post, what colour is it at in the scale? On my monitor it is nowhere near black or white on either of the scales.


Goldish/dark brown and blue (not pure blue ofc, like light, slighly greyish blue, but definitely not white by any stretch of the imagination).

And goldish/dark brown is pretty much exactly how black looks when hovered by yellow/sunish light.
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xM(Z
Profile Joined November 2006
Romania5299 Posts
February 28 2015 14:19 GMT
#208
the light sensor of the camera was hit by a powerful yellow light which made the camera mix it with the dress original colors:
black with yellow = light gold-grayish
dark blue with yellow = light blue-grayish.
the later colors were what camera caught on film. those same colors can be accentuated or diluted based on <insert electronic display here> brightness/contrast but they'll never become black and blue as the original unless you filter out the yellow.
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llIH
Profile Joined June 2011
Norway2147 Posts
February 28 2015 14:21 GMT
#209
I still have no idea how anyone can consider that "white" color. Makes no sense. Blue is 100%.
Tchado
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Jordan1831 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-02-28 14:53:35
February 28 2015 14:52 GMT
#210
ok I have seen this picture multiple times on many things , a tablet , smartphone , laptop , desktop......and I always get different results !!!! sometimes I see black and blue , sometimes I see gold and white , I'd really like to know how this is happening

I send the pic from my pc to my tablet , and I saw different colors so it really can't be different pictures or data

edit : seems like a few posts above me solves it XD
TriO
Profile Joined July 2011
United States421 Posts
February 28 2015 14:57 GMT
#211
This is more important than real social issues we have in our society.
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StatixEx
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United Kingdom779 Posts
February 28 2015 15:22 GMT
#212
its blue black now lets all move along!
Fi0na
Profile Joined February 2014
0 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-02-28 15:24:21
February 28 2015 15:23 GMT
#213
On February 28 2015 23:21 llIH wrote:
I still have no idea how anyone can consider that "white" color. Makes no sense. Blue is 100%.

here are some RGB-values from analysing different pixels of the dress:
100/105/129
130/146/182
125/134/160
140/148/184
156/175/200
163/177/211
071/080/112

So yes, while blue is the dominating color, it does not dominate by much. Yes, you get these colors if you use blue and turn on some knobs.

HOWEVER, if you use the HSL model (hue-saturation-lightness) you can quickly find out that the saturation is far less than 50% on the blue for every single one of these probes I took. Which means there is two to three times as much white than there is blue. Add to that the fact that the lightness is always over 50% (even more white) and it is very easy to conclude that white does in fact dominate over blue in this picture. Which is why it is perfectly reasonable to say that you see a white dress that is slightly more blue-ish and grey-ish than the white you are used to.

Now if you would factor in the brightness of the background you could come to the conclusion that the dress is more blue-ish than it appears at first sight. But just from looking at the dress itself it clearly is white. And if you say "but the original piece is actually black/blue" then I can provide you with a splendid picture to illustrate my point:
+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]
This was a full pink-red square. Then I turned up the lightness and turned down the saturation. It still can be identified as pink-red if you use an image editor, but it is now as pink-red as your dress is black/blue.
Life is not fair. But that's what chocolate is for.
SKC
Profile Joined October 2010
Brazil18828 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-02-28 15:29:36
February 28 2015 15:25 GMT
#214
On March 01 2015 00:23 Fi0na wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 28 2015 23:21 llIH wrote:
I still have no idea how anyone can consider that "white" color. Makes no sense. Blue is 100%.

here are some RGB-values from analysing different pixels of the dress:
100/105/129
130/146/182
125/134/160
140/148/184
156/175/200
163/177/211
071/080/112

So yes, while blue is the dominating color, it does not dominate by much. Yes, you get these colors if you use blue and turn on some knobs.

HOWEVER, if you use the HSL model (hue-saturation-lightness) you can quickly find out that the saturation is far less than 50% on the blue for every single one of these probes I took. Which means there is two to three times as much white than there is blue. Add to that the fact that the lightness is always over 50% (even more white) and it is very easy to conclude that white does in fact dominate over blue in this picture. Which is why it is perfectly reasonable to say that you see a white dress that is slightly more blue-ish and grey-ish than the white you are used to.

Now if you would factor in the brightness of the background you could come to the conclusion that the dress is more blue-ish than it appears at first sight. But just from looking at the dress itself it clearly is white. And if you say "but the original piece is actually black/blue" then I can provide you with a splendid picture to illustrate my point:
+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]
This was a full pink-red square. Then I turned up the lightness and turned down the saturation. It still can be identified as pink-red if you use an image editor, but it is now as pink-red as your dress is black/blue.

And do some people clearly see that square as red-pink while others clearly see it as white as paper?

For the people that see blue, the blue is about as deep as the headlines in each post in TL. Not light blue as the background. It's not something reasonably mistaken with white.
KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States43960 Posts
February 28 2015 15:30 GMT
#215
Tumblr, twitter, facebook and even mainstream media has fallen to the dress controversy. But on tl I'm taking a stand.
ModeratorThe angels have the phone box
KadaverBB
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany25658 Posts
February 28 2015 20:22 GMT
#216
Please leave this thread open, it is harmless
AdministratorLaws change depending on who's making them, but justice is justice
Lonyo
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United Kingdom3884 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-02-28 20:30:27
February 28 2015 20:29 GMT
#217
On March 01 2015 00:25 SKC wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 01 2015 00:23 Fi0na wrote:
On February 28 2015 23:21 llIH wrote:
I still have no idea how anyone can consider that "white" color. Makes no sense. Blue is 100%.

here are some RGB-values from analysing different pixels of the dress:
100/105/129
130/146/182
125/134/160
140/148/184
156/175/200
163/177/211
071/080/112

So yes, while blue is the dominating color, it does not dominate by much. Yes, you get these colors if you use blue and turn on some knobs.

HOWEVER, if you use the HSL model (hue-saturation-lightness) you can quickly find out that the saturation is far less than 50% on the blue for every single one of these probes I took. Which means there is two to three times as much white than there is blue. Add to that the fact that the lightness is always over 50% (even more white) and it is very easy to conclude that white does in fact dominate over blue in this picture. Which is why it is perfectly reasonable to say that you see a white dress that is slightly more blue-ish and grey-ish than the white you are used to.

Now if you would factor in the brightness of the background you could come to the conclusion that the dress is more blue-ish than it appears at first sight. But just from looking at the dress itself it clearly is white. And if you say "but the original piece is actually black/blue" then I can provide you with a splendid picture to illustrate my point:
+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]
This was a full pink-red square. Then I turned up the lightness and turned down the saturation. It still can be identified as pink-red if you use an image editor, but it is now as pink-red as your dress is black/blue.

And do some people clearly see that square as red-pink while others clearly see it as white as paper?

For the people that see blue, the blue is about as deep as the headlines in each post in TL. Not light blue as the background. It's not something reasonably mistaken with white.


Depends on your monitor and what's next to it. Colours are seen in a relative manner, as everyone knows from the "grey squares" optical illusions.
+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]

A and B being the same shade of grey.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checker_shadow_illusion


Saying it's the same blue as something on TL is irrelevant.
HOLY CHECK!
Ghostcom
Profile Joined March 2010
Denmark4783 Posts
February 28 2015 21:17 GMT
#218
On March 01 2015 05:22 KadaverBB wrote:
Please leave this thread open, it is harmless


I think KBB might have made a mighty enemy today
Coagulation
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States9633 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-02-28 23:06:09
February 28 2015 21:47 GMT
#219
chalz stahp
+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]


User was warned for this post
Blargh
Profile Joined September 2010
United States2103 Posts
February 28 2015 21:50 GMT
#220
On March 01 2015 06:47 Coagulation wrote:
chalz stahp
+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]

If this thread stays open, this picture stays too.
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