The Dress: A Black and Blue Debate Over the Color of a Dress Stirs Social Media WSJ 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 thedress The Australian 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 Why nobody could agree on the color of that dress on X Internet debates that blue dress (it is blue, right?) The Seattle Times