The Science Behind the Black and Blue (or White and Gold) Dress The dress is blue & black! Long Sleeve Embellished Feather Dress Black Blue Luxe Long Sleeve Dresses and Luxe Party Dresses 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 of how human vision can interpret colors differently under certain Here's why people saw the dress differently. The dress 10 years later: Is viral dress black and blue or white and gold? kgw.com