I just showed someone the picture, in the same screen I saw it. She cannot believe it is anything but pure white. I have never been able to see anything but blue. So it really isn't just about brightness levels in the monitor or anything like that. It's kinda crazy.

JuneMay

49 Posts

February 28 2015 00:23 GMT

#144

I see blue/violet and brown/gold.

People who "see" black most likely saw true picture and trying to brag how they have super vision, when in reality people who see black are wrong. There is nothing black on that photo. Yea the dress is black and blue in reality, but in photo its gold blue.

GreenHorizons

United States23556 Posts

February 28 2015 00:31 GMT

#145

This dress is politics in a nutshell.

The dress has a 'real' color and a 'perceived color' despite people being shown in every way possible that the dress is clearly actually blue many peoples eyes/brains can't see it differently.

Both sides are sure of what they see but the reality is what the reality is, even if all one can see is white and gold.

SKC

Brazil18828 Posts

February 28 2015 00:33 GMT

#146

Black vs gold is a diferent issue. People see how satured the image is and can see how a faded black could look yellowish. The question is what color is the dress afterall, not what color you are looking at.

They still seem to see a darker color than those who see white, but I don't think a lot of people actually see true pure black.

Pwere

Canada1557 Posts

February 28 2015 00:36 GMT

#147

There are very few clothes that are actually black. Most blacks are usually very deep blue or deep brown. This one is a very deep brown, but with insane lighting, it shows more brown than black. But you can guess that it's supposed to be black from the context.

Likewise, there is nothing white in that blue, yet people claim it is white. Some are amazed that they saw different colors when they looked at it again. Yet, this happens pretty much all the time for colorblind people. Since you often have to guess at colors, sometimes you get it wrong, and if someone tells you the real color, it often changes in front of your very eyes.

I guess people who are used to think of colors/perception as absolutes have a hard time wrapping their head around this simple illusion/crappy photo. But your brain is a huge part of your vision, and sometimes, it is wrong.

WolfintheSheep

Canada14127 Posts

February 28 2015 00:38 GMT

#148

Yeah, you either assume that the photo is saturated and has lighting exposure issues so all the colours are faded and washed out, or you assume that the shadows and the light through the glass is causing odd tinting.

SKC

Brazil18828 Posts

February 28 2015 00:40 GMT

#149

The diference is that people see it as brown, and make the conclusion that the brown should be black, while people that see white see no blue at all. It is as white as a sheet of paper.

If you were to argue with someone that said they saw black, that it actually looks browish, I'm sure most would agree.

Mensol

14536 Posts

February 28 2015 00:45 GMT

#150

i see black/blue in this video l o l. when i look normal picture its still gold/white though.

hoby2000

United States918 Posts

February 28 2015 00:54 GMT

#151

I think the biggest thing for this is that the picture of the dress itself is affected by the light source. People show the colors are not what other people say using evidence from photo programs. The problem itself however is not in WHAT people are seeing, but HOW they perceive it. The dress is in fact black and blue, but apparently some people cannot understand light sources correctly and see that the dress's color is obviously being affected making it seem that it is indeed probably white and gold or whatever to them. The photo programs are not going to say WHAT color something is, but simply show you the same color according to the computer itself. What the computer says however is only as good as you can understand, and what the computer says through a program is not itself an answer.

This has nothing to do with the receptors of our eyes but simply how we understand information about something. It is not unlikely that people misunderstood the light source from the get go, though I myself saw and understood it instantly. The dress is definitely black and blue in real life, but the picture itself is affected by a light source.

[Phantom]

Mexico2170 Posts

February 28 2015 01:02 GMT

#152

On February 28 2015 09:00 Mensol wrote:
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hmmmmmm.

Yeah thats why i don't trust those kind of images, its imposible to prove (the way i see it) which color it is, or if people are just trolling. http://i.imgur.com/mOk1CPT.png
Thats the problem with the internet, you cannot trust anybody.

ALso, i've have read that the real dress is bluish-gold on some sites and on others that it is blue and black.

Also obligatory pic:
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ZenithM

France15952 Posts

February 28 2015 01:02 GMT

#153

This meme is way out of control...

killa_robot

Canada1884 Posts

February 28 2015 01:03 GMT

#154

I see blue and gold, lol.

GizmoPT

Portugal3040 Posts

February 28 2015 01:11 GMT

#155

i see green and purple

Leporello

United States2845 Posts

February 28 2015 01:32 GMT

#156

On February 28 2015 09:23 JuneMay wrote:
I see blue/violet and brown/gold.

People who "see" black most likely saw true picture and trying to brag how they have super vision, when in reality people who see black are wrong. There is nothing black on that photo. Yea the dress is black and blue in reality, but in photo its gold blue.

This.

All that is to be "learned" from this thing is that saturation turns things whiter.

I learned that, like, 20 years ago.

Mensol

14536 Posts

February 28 2015 02:09 GMT

#157

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LOL 10/10

Orcasgt24

Canada3238 Posts

February 28 2015 03:12 GMT

#158

I see blue black. I have always seen blue black.

I read a theory that night owls like myself will usually see it as blue black but people who are more day people will see it as white gold.

I asked three other people I work with and they all see white gold :p So thats probably squished haha

TheFish7

United States2824 Posts

February 28 2015 04:38 GMT

#159

I saw blue/black this afternoon, but now I am seeing white/gold.

NewSunshine

United States5938 Posts

February 28 2015 04:58 GMT

#160

It seems dumb to me. Clearly the picture is the result of a camera that, given the surrounding light, adjusted the colors and brightness on the dress itself, or else the picture was just edited. It's just a play off the fact that clothing is never truly black, rather a very dark brown or some other such color, and that colors if brightened enough appear white, resulting in the dichotomy. If the truth was that the original photo was edited to create this, it wouldn't surprise me.

Also, the dress is damned ugly, who cares.