What color is the dress? Why do some people see blue and black and some people see gold and white when looking at a single image of a dress? : r askscience Dua Lipa 'Levitating' Lawsuits Explained: Musicologists Weigh In What I never understood was if some folk saw the original dress as white gold & some saw it as black blue then how do side by side images like this exist showing them as two ELI5:Why does this dress appear white gold to some people and black blue to others? : r explainlikeimfive 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