The Dress: An Interactive Classroom Experiment by Andrew Robinson Precarious Physicist Medium 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 Opticalillusion Blue Black and Gold Dress Side by Side TikTok Is That Dress White and Gold or Blue and Black? The New York Times Velvi Sutton Slip Dress Dusty Blue Size Small The Dress: Blue & Black? White & Gold? Cease & Desist? CNN