What colors are this dress?

What colors are this dress?

  • White and Gold

    Votes: 11 26.8%
  • Blue and Black

    Votes: 18 43.9%
  • Blue and Gold

    Votes: 7 17.1%
  • White and Black

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • What is reality?

    Votes: 5 12.2%

  • Total voters
    41
So it seems I'm not alone after all!

Is it like a dark rust gold? That's what I see too, but I could skew it as "black" if I'm not really caring.

Certainly not a bright gold. But it would be a stretch for me to say it resembles black.

To me, the black looks gold because of the light. I know it looks gold, but it's like it should be black...

That's the exact point of the illusion. Your brain can tell the colours are wrong, but doesn't know how to interpret it.
 
I zoomed in all the way on each color and the gold still looked gold/yellow/orange/brown/but-definitely-not-black and the white looked light blue/purple. So why is it black and blue? The color of an object is defined by the wavelengths of light it reflects when hit by white light, so I suppose the only logical explanation is that the light in the picture is not white light, but what's the point in making an illusion out of that ? Shine green light on a piece of paper and suddenly it looks green, but nobody's made that an internet phenomenon.
 
Interesting thing about this. If you look at the primary image used in photoshop, the colors are not black and blue, they are something much different. Some experts are saying some images are manipulated to highlight the phenomena. The whole thing very well may illustrate those who are willing to lie to be "right." Think, if a shadow falls on something blue, and you see deep purple as a result, does that mean that you are incorrect? No. You see deep purple. Same for the inverse. If light strikes say for instance the ocean, or a body of water, at a certain angle, you see a striking white or yellow on the water. Does that mean you are wrong? No. How the light strikes something effects its color, as well as contiguous colors . If you don't think so, ask your self what color you think a blue bird is? It's not blue, but you see blue. If you say you see brown, because you know it is brown, despite the fact that light makes it appear blue, what you are dealing with is self-deception. The internet has done a very good job of skewing the value of this meme to make camps of "right" and "wrong," when it has shown something completely different. It illustrates something about the person based on his or her answer.
 
The reason why people see it differently is due to light receptors in the eye and how the brain chooses to interpret the information. You should fall into one of two camps: White and gold, or blue and black. The problem I have is I clearly see blue and gold :/
Glad I'm not the only one
 
Glad I'm not the only one

Yeah, that means you see it as White and Gold.

(White & Gold camp) It's White with a blue tinge because of lighting effects, the brain is telling you that the real colour behind light-blue colour is White.
(Black & Blue camp) It's Black with a brown tinge because of lighting effects, the brain is telling you that the real colour behind the brown colour is Black.
 
Yeah, that means you see it as White and Gold.

(White & Gold camp) It's White with a blue tinge because of lighting effects, the brain is telling you that the real colour behind light-blue colour is White.
(Black & Blue camp) It's Black with a brown tinge because of lighting effects, the brain is telling you that the real colour behind the brown colour is Black.

If that's the reasoning (which is retarded) then I fall into the blue and black group.
 
In everything I've seen, it's "which colour is this dress". Vague question...

..otherwise interpreted as 'What colours do you think this dress is?'

If it was asking what the actual colours are, then that is a matter of fact and not opinion.

Somehow Kim Kardashian could understand, but you failed.
 
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..otherwise interpreted as 'What colours do you think this dress is?'

... or interpreted as "What colours do you see?". It's an ambiguous question.

If it was asking what the actual colours are, then that is a matter of fact and not opinion.

Actually in neither case is it a matter of opinion. It is always a matter of fact. Gee wizz, you're making yourself look stupid.
 
I should have known this was troll bait.

It's a matter of fact that the dress is actually blue & black.
It's a matter of fact that the colours in the image are a pale blue and brown, and have actual RGB values.

It is a matter of someone's opinion that they see the picture and thinks that the dress is actually white and gold.
It is a matter of someone's opinion that they see the picture and thinks that the dress is actually blue and black.

/end of pitifully useless discussion.
 
It is a matter of someone's opinion that they see the picture and thinks that the dress is actually white and gold.
It is a matter of someone's opinion that they see the picture and thinks that the dress is actually blue and black.

It has nothing to do with opinion. Haven't you read the stuff about the brain and light interpretation?

Also, reading more about it, I still haven't seen anything that makes me think the question should be "what colours do you think it is?". All the indications point towards "what do you actually see?".
 
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