What Color is The DRESS? Optical Illusion Explained The Dress Debate: White and Gold or Blue and Black? The Dress. Is it blue and black or white and gold? Here is the confirmed answer. 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 White Gold Or Blue Black? Twitter's Divided Again But Not Over A Dress