Beach Day Smocked Bubble, Pink Stitchy Fish 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 perception Exploring The Color Controversy of The Dress What I never understood was if some folk saw the original dress as white gold & some saw it as black blue then how do side by side images like this exist showing them as two White and gold or blue and black? What colour is the dress? London Evening Standard The Standard