It’s the question that is pitting colleague against colleague, mate against mate.
What colour is That Dress?
Yesterday, a photo popped up on the internet that is turning even the finest of minds to mush.
Read more: How it happened – a timeline of The Dress and how it broke the internet.
Before we go any further, take a look at the photo in question.
Tell us: What two colours do you see?
Is it WHITE and GOLD?
Or is it BLUE and BLACK?
For more: Celebrities weigh in on the colour of The Dress
Here it is again.
It is worth asking everyone in your immediate vicinity to identify which two colours appear on the fabric of this (ok, ugly and) very confusing piece of clothing.
It seems that about 3/4 of people are seeing WHITE AND GOLD.
The other 1/4? They’re seeing BLACK and BLUE.
So, is this a mind-bending image that makes you question every single thing you see – or a massive internet prank?
There are a number of theories floating around – most relating to how our eyes perceive colour, especially when the object in question is lit with daylight or fluorescent light. This is just one of them:
Top Comments
I see the dress as a lightish blue and faded black. I don't know how you can see white and gold? My wife see's the dress as white and gold and got quite frustrated with me when I told her I saw it as blue and faded black. Some kind of trickery me thinks! :P
Having seen the dress on the news, it's actually blue & black. It just goes to show what lighting can do to colours