The White and Gold (No, Blue and Black!) Dress That Melted the Internet The New York Times The white gold or blue black dress: The widely published original Download Scientific Diagram First brain scan study to feature THAT dress BPS The Blue and Black Dress: A Decade Later 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