Is That Dress White and Gold or Blue and Black? The New York Times What Color is this dress, Blue & Black or White & Gold? Perception Explained: Why We See things Differently., This 2015 photo broke the internet by revealing something wild about how your brain 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 Is the dress blue black or white gold? Body Worlds Amsterdam 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