The Science of Why No One Agrees on the Color of This Dress WIRED About that dress @nathanfairbairn on Tumblr 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 of how human vision can interpret colors differently under certain The True Colors of the Black and Blue Dress Revealed Blue Black Dress Meme: Over 17,668 Royalty Free Licensable Stock Illustrations & Drawings Shutterstock