White & Gold Or Blue & Black? Debate Over Dress Color Rages On About that dress @nathanfairbairn on Tumblr Here's why people saw the dress differently. 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 TheDress one year on eight things we learned from the viral phenomenon Social media The Guardian The dress that divided the internet IS blue and black Daily Mail Online