Exploring the Black & Blue vs White & Gold Dress Debate White And Gold Sequin Maxi Dress With Slit Maxi Dresses Saved by the Dress 10 years since THE DRESS blew up Internet. Two thirds of people saw white and gold. It's an optical illusion caused by weird lighting and an overexposed background. It Is actuallylly blue and black. #thedress artema Happy 10th anniversary to the original photograph of "The Dress" and the subsequent internet debate over white and gold or black and blue : r popculturechat