Here's Another Potential Explanation for Why We All Saw Two Colors of 'The Dress' SELF 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 The Dress: Color debate rages on the Internet East Bay Times The brain's dress code: How The Dress allows to decode the neuronal pathway of an optical illusion ScienceDirect In 2015, a photograph of a dress went viral, dividing viewers over whether its colors were blue and black or white and gold. This optical illusion highlighted differences in human color perception Remember the White and Gold dress? What color is this? Be honest!! Steemit