Origin of White Gold or Black Blue Dress Business Insider The dress: Celebrities join the white and gold or blue and black debate Daily Mail Online Blue and black or white and gold? Dress debate turns 10 years old The actual dress was black and blue. The confusion came from how lighting and color perception tricked people's brains, making some see it as white and gold. It became a viral example Optical illusion renews blue and black dress debate nine years on Express.co.uk