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 PDF] Blue Black or White Gold? Early Stage Processing and the Color of 'The Dress' Semantic Scholar Puzzle What Color of Dress White and Gold or Stock Vector Illustration of gold, solution: 50834247 Gold Dress REVOLVE 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