Origin of White Gold or Black Blue Dress Business Insider What color is the dress? Why do some people see blue and black and some people see gold and white when looking at a single image of a dress? : r askscience Eleven years ago today, an image of a dress posted on Tumblr, a social networking platform, ignited a global online debate over whether it was white and gold or blue and black. Blue black or white gold? The dress debate is over Science explains how time spent outdoors colors your view of #thedress Los Angeles Times