Neuroscientists Explain Discrepancy Behind "The Dress" Illusion 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 Debate rages over color of dress photographed in rare light Belted, military style dress in midnight blue, with gold details. Original Fashion Illustration Ginette de Paris, Ginette Jaccard Photo finally solves the black and blue white and gold dress debate