The Science Behind the Dress The New York Times Color Theory Meets Couture: The Art of Yellow and Blue Dressing Why nobody could agree on the color of that dress on X Cute Navy Blue Dress Floral Print Dress Floral Wrap Dress Lulus Is this dress yellow and gold or blue and black?! 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