The Dress: Black and Blue or White and Gold? ELI5:Why does this dress appear white gold to some people and black blue to others? : r explainlikeimfive Dressgate: If you saw THAT dress as white your brain was working overtime Is The Dress blue and black or white and gold? The answer lies in vision psychology Psychology The Guardian So I searched up the black and blue dress : r opticalillusions 10 years ago, a simple photograph of a dress sparked a global debate unlike anything seen online before. Posted in 2015, the image caused people to argue intensely over whether the dress