ELI5:Why does this dress appear white gold to some people and black blue to others? : r explainlikeimfive Is This Dress Blue And Black Or White And Gold? News9.com I See White and Gold, but the Dress Taught Me How We Shape Our Own Reality by Shaant A Culturated Medium In 2015, a photograph of a dress went viral, dividing viewers over whether its colors were blue and black or white and gold. This optical illusion highlighted differences in human color So I searched up the black and blue dress : r opticalillusions