Current Events > Years later i ask you. What color was the dress?

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KogaSteelfang posted...

Rika_Furude posted...

Turbam posted...

For all you white/golders out there if you squint at it, it turns black/blue

no, cant make it happen. my eyes are pretty shit but not as shit as some people itt who "see" black/blue

It's got nothing to do with your eyes, it's an optical illusion which tricks people's color perception. The people seeing white and gold are the ones being tricked by the lighting. I've literally seen it as white/gold before and seen it fade back to normal. The black/blue people's brains correctly adjust for the lighting situation and see it plainly, the white/gold people don't adjust for the lighting, which throws off the color completely somehow.

its got nothing to do with lighting

Rika_Furude posted...

KogaSteelfang posted...

Rika_Furude posted...

regardless of what it is irl. in that picture it is clearly gold and white or light blue ish

Naw, naw man, naw.

http://www.color-hex.com/color/7c6d44

clearly gold

http://www.color-hex.com/color/a7b6d7

clearly light blue or grey ish

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Howl posted...

SHADOW0106 posted...

The dress is like Maze some people see him as a white guy when he is clearly black.

Yeah he's definitely black too. I think all the people who see him or that dress as white are just subconsciously extremely racist.

He looks like my dad, who claims to be white.
*shrug*
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Rika_Furude posted...

KogaSteelfang posted...

Rika_Furude posted...

Turbam posted...

For all you white/golders out there if you squint at it, it turns black/blue

no, cant make it happen. my eyes are pretty shit but not as shit as some people itt who "see" black/blue

It's got nothing to do with your eyes, it's an optical illusion which tricks people's color perception. The people seeing white and gold are the ones being tricked by the lighting. I've literally seen it as white/gold before and seen it fade back to normal. The black/blue people's brains correctly adjust for the lighting situation and see it plainly, the white/gold people don't adjust for the lighting, which throws off the color completely somehow.

its got nothing to do with lighting

Rika_Furude posted...

KogaSteelfang posted...

Rika_Furude posted...

regardless of what it is irl. in that picture it is clearly gold and white or light blue ish

Naw, naw man, naw.

http://www.color-hex.com/color/7c6d44

clearly gold

http://www.color-hex.com/color/a7b6d7

clearly light blue or grey ish

That's how reflections work on black material, not to mention it's a grainy photo, The parts being hit by the light take on a golden/brown hue, but that's all it is, a reflection in a grainy photo. The people accounting for that see it how it literally is in real life, black and blue, while the ones who don't account for it somehow perceive it totally incorrectly. It's just an illusion, no need to get upset by it.
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I see Blue/Black/Gold. I'm guessing the dress itself is blue/gold and the lighting is making the gold parts look mostly black.

The thing is, it's not entire black in that picture nor entire gold.

It's undeniably blue though. How the fuck do you see white ANYWHERE
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KogaSteelfang posted...

That's how reflections work on black material, not to mention it's a grainy photo, The parts being hit by the light take on a golden/brown hue, but that's all it is, a reflection in a grainy photo. The people accounting for that see it how it literally is in real life, black and blue, while the ones who don't account for it somehow perceive it totally incorrectly. It's just an illusion, no need to get upset by it.

they are seeing incorrectly as their screen is showing certain colours and they aren't seeing what their screen is displaying. maybe they have a fishbowl tv out in the sun and are squinting at it from 50m back through binoculars. probably not, and thus they are trolling.
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Rika_Furude posted...

KogaSteelfang posted...

That's how reflections work on black material, not to mention it's a grainy photo, The parts being hit by the light take on a golden/brown hue, but that's all it is, a reflection in a grainy photo. The people accounting for that see it how it literally is in real life, black and blue, while the ones who don't account for it somehow perceive it totally incorrectly. It's just an illusion, no need to get upset by it.

they are seeing incorrectly as their screen is showing certain colours and they aren't seeing what their screen is displaying. maybe they have a fishbowl tv out in the sun and are squinting at it from 50m back through binoculars. probably not, and thus they are trolling.

Whatever helps you sleep.
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Fantastein posted...

I remember seeing both when it was first going around, but now I'm only seeing black and blue.

This. I always thought it was black and blue, but I could at least see how it was confusing. I can't now, though.
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KogaSteelfang posted...

Howl posted...

SHADOW0106 posted...

The dress is like Maze some people see him as a white guy when he is clearly black.

Yeah he's definitely black too. I think all the people who see him or that dress as white are just subconsciously extremely racist.

He looks like my dad, who claims to be white.
*shrug*

Your dad is black then
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SHADOW0106 posted...

Your dad is black then

I got that reaction a lot when I was in school. I don't think he's of African American descent or anything, I don't know what his heritage is. He just claims pure "white" despite his whole family being dark like that.
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Rika_Furude posted...

KogaSteelfang posted...

That's how reflections work on black material, not to mention it's a grainy photo, The parts being hit by the light take on a golden/brown hue, but that's all it is, a reflection in a grainy photo. The people accounting for that see it how it literally is in real life, black and blue, while the ones who don't account for it somehow perceive it totally incorrectly. It's just an illusion, no need to get upset by it.

they are seeing incorrectly as their screen is showing certain colours and they aren't seeing what their screen is displaying. maybe they have a fishbowl tv out in the sun and are squinting at it from 50m back through binoculars. probably not, and thus they are trolling.

My 5 year old niece says it was white and yellow when I showed it to her. They aren't trolling, they are just literally living a lie of a life.
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KogaSteelfang posted...

That's how reflections work on black material,

This is wrong. A reflection generally cannot hit an entire surface at the same time/evenly and illuminate all of the black -- making it look gold. There are a few exceptions to this rule:

1. Flat surface (ex:side of a cube with no texture). The dress is obviously not a flat surface.
2. The reflection is smaller than the surface area. Which wouldn't make sense since the entire dress would be lit judging by the picture provided.

My point is that if there was black somewhere on the dress, part of it would still remain black. While the other parts would illuminate and become gold. Not the case. The entire dress is "gold".
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Howl posted...

Rika_Furude posted...

KogaSteelfang posted...

That's how reflections work on black material, not to mention it's a grainy photo, The parts being hit by the light take on a golden/brown hue, but that's all it is, a reflection in a grainy photo. The people accounting for that see it how it literally is in real life, black and blue, while the ones who don't account for it somehow perceive it totally incorrectly. It's just an illusion, no need to get upset by it.

they are seeing incorrectly as their screen is showing certain colours and they aren't seeing what their screen is displaying. maybe they have a fishbowl tv out in the sun and are squinting at it from 50m back through binoculars. probably not, and thus they are trolling.

My 5 year old niece says it was white and yellow when I showed it to her. They aren't trolling, they are just literally living a lie of a life.

The couple of times I managed to see it as white and gold, it looked drastically different from the black and blue I normally see. Seeing it slowing fade back to normal was kind of freaky. When I was seeing it the other way, there was literally no hint of black or blue, it was actually white and a pale gold. So it's easy to see why some are reluctant to admit it's just a mind trick.
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To confuse you all even more:



I take it some people see the far right because they see things darker? I personally see the middle. But that is only because I feel the light that is hitting it is making the white look like an off blue.
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Jtrunks posted...

KogaSteelfang posted...

That's how reflections work on black material,

This is wrong. A reflection generally cannot hit an entire surface at the same time/evenly and illuminate all of the black -- making it look gold. There are a few exceptions to this rule:

1. Flat surface (ex:side of a cube with no texture). The dress is obviously not a flat surface.
2. The reflection is smaller than the surface area. Which wouldn't make sense since the entire dress would be lit judging by the picture provided.

My point is that if there was black somewhere on the dress, part of it would still remain black. While the other parts would illuminate and become gold. Not the case. The entire dress is "gold".

It's not hitting the entire surface, you're just stuck in the wrong perception. If I hadn't seen it myself as white/gold a couple of times I wouldn't understand how vastly different each perception is. It is literally black in the photo, you just can't see it yourself. I know it's difficult to wrap your mind around, but that's the fact, the white/gold people aren't perceiving the correct colors.

Jtrunks posted...

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I see blue and black, extremely light blue and a dark silvery color, and very dark blue and very black.
Edit: if I squint at the middle one, I can switch it to white gold now.
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KogaSteelfang posted...

Rika_Furude posted...

KogaSteelfang posted...

That's how reflections work on black material, not to mention it's a grainy photo, The parts being hit by the light take on a golden/brown hue, but that's all it is, a reflection in a grainy photo. The people accounting for that see it how it literally is in real life, black and blue, while the ones who don't account for it somehow perceive it totally incorrectly. It's just an illusion, no need to get upset by it.

they are seeing incorrectly as their screen is showing certain colours and they aren't seeing what their screen is displaying. maybe they have a fishbowl tv out in the sun and are squinting at it from 50m back through binoculars. probably not, and thus they are trolling.

Whatever helps you sleep.

what do you mean? are you saying that the picture itself is magically wrong? remember, we aren't talking about what it looks like irl. we are talking about the colours displayed in the picture. is science wrong? is the entire IT industry wrong? are you saying that colours of a specific hex value are in fact not that specific hex value? because thats what you are implying by disagreeing with me.
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It's a blue and black just taken with poor lighting that it makes it seem it's a different color just go to any photo editor and will easily it...
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KogaSteelfang posted...

It's not hitting the entire surface, you're just stuck in the wrong perception. If I hadn't seen it myself as white/gold a couple of times I wouldn't understand how vastly different each perception is. It is literally black in the photo, you just can't see it yourself. I know it's difficult to wrap your mind around, but that's the fact, the white/gold people aren't perceiving the correct colors.

No wait... hold on. Let's rewind a second. You said:

KogaSteelfang posted...

That's how reflections work on black material, not to mention it's a grainy photo, The parts being hit by the light take on a golden/brown hue, but that's all it is,

That's the part I have a problem with. What you're saying is impossible. As there would still be some "black" in the image. Remember, it cannot illuminate the entire dress at once. You get what Im saying, right? Where's the default black?

KogaSteelfang posted...

That's how reflections

Remember: you said "reflections". Let's focus on that for a second.
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There is black in the image, you're just perceiving it as entirely gold because of the lighting and graininess of the photo smudging the colors off a bit. Ask anyone of the people who sees black and they'll tell you it's right there, in the photo. It's the part you guys see as gold.
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KogaSteelfang posted...

There is black in the image, you're just perceiving it as entirely gold because of the lighting and graininess of the photo smudging the colors off a bit. Ask anyone of the people who sees black and they'll tell you it's right there, in the photo. It's the part you guys see as gold.

use the colour picker in paint and find us the "black" that supposedly exists
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I don't have a computer, but I've already explained the reason why it looked brownish, the yellow lighting is shining on it and the graininess is distorting it.
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KogaSteelfang posted...

I don't have a computer, but I've already explained the reason why it looked brownish, the yellow lighting is shining on it and the graininess is distorting it.

So what you're saying is that the fucking dress is literally gold but you have to pretend to believe it's black.

clearaflagrantj posted...

KogaSteelfang posted...

I don't have a computer, but I've already explained the reason why it looked brownish, the yellow lighting is shining on it and the graininess is distorting it.

So what you're saying is that the fucking dress is literally gold but you have to pretend to believe it's black.

Nope, I'm saying the clearly orange/yellow lighting gives the whole photo more of a bronze tint, which the flips out the white/gold people's perception. Account for the lighting, you'll clearly see blue and black, don't account or the light and you'll see white/gold.
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Rika_Furude posted...

Turbam posted...

For all you white/golders out there if you squint at it, it turns black/blue

no, cant make it happen. my eyes are pretty shit but not as shit as some people itt who "see" black/blue

Same. I tried squinting and telling myself that it's black and blue, but I just can't see it.
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Jtrunks posted...

To confuse you all even more:



I take it some people see the far right because they see things darker? I personally see the middle. But that is only because I feel the light that is hitting it is making the white look like an off blue.

Even the middle one still doesn't look even remotely close to white here.
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The creator of the dress said its black and blue.
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I can understand how people might see the black as gold. But I have no idea how people get white from that super distinct blue hue.

I used to think it was like one of those "dirty mind" optical illusions where the image you saw could easily flip depending on how you looked at it. But I ended up giving up understanding when a friend insisted that he saw no difference between the og photo and a photoshop that made it explicitly bright white and shimmering gold.
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Invert the black and blue colors...
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Always been white and gold to me. I can see the blue if I look for it, but my brain sees shadowed white. Never been able to perceive black except when the photo is manipulated.

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The room is a dress and the color is a planet outside
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One person I work with did say white an gold.

It should be known she is a total wreck.
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Oddly enough I showed it to my stepdaughter today and she says it was dark blue and gold. I've never heard anyone else say blue and gold it was always white/gold or blue and black.
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Howl posted...

Oddly enough I showed it to my stepdaughter today and she says it was dark blue and gold. I've never heard anyone else say blue and gold it was always white/gold or blue and black.

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Spectral

The dress exists beyond our dimension
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Howl posted...

Oddly enough I showed it to my stepdaughter today and she says it was dark blue and gold. I've never heard anyone else say blue and gold it was always white/gold or blue and black.

I see it as blue and gold too, but like a light blue and gold, not dark blue
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Blue and really dark brown or black.
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DreadedWave posted...

It's black and blue, I still can't figure out how anyone sees white and gold in that.

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. . .what is going on in this topic? The dress is clearly black and blue. Why are people trolling and saying it's not?
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ThePrinceFish posted...

I can see portions of the black that could be seen as gold. But I will never understand how you could mistake the color blue for white.

same
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these all still look black and blue to me
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Balrog0 posted...

these all still look black and blue to me

To me as well. I guess we have perfect eyes
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Howl posted...

Jtrunks posted...

To confuse you all even more:



I take it some people see the far right because they see things darker? I personally see the middle. But that is only because I feel the light that is hitting it is making the white look like an off blue.

Even the middle one still doesn't look even remotely close to white here.

This. It's clearly blue and black

Jtrunks posted...

To confuse you all even more:



I take it some people see the far right because they see things darker? I personally see the middle. But that is only because I feel the light that is hitting it is making the white look like an off blue.

While I can see the blue nearly approaching white in the middle picture, it's still blatantly light blue. I cannot fathom how people look at the base picture and see white at all.
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The dress behind it is clearly black and white. The black of that dress is the same color as the "gold" of the main dress. The photo is an overexposed, washed out mess, so the blue appears white and the black appears gold.
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CircleOfManias posted...

The dress behind it is clearly black and white. The black of that dress is the same color as the "gold" of the main dress. The photo is an overexposed, washed out mess, so the blue appears white and the black appears gold.

No, it doesn't. It clear as day what colors they are
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I still get mad over this. It's blue and black fuck

ITT blind people
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regardless of the actual dress, I cannot see black and dark blue in the photo
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I believe the actual dress was proven to be black and blue, aka what I see when I look at it.
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