Is This Dress Blue And Black Or White And Gold? Here's What The Experts Say Black and Blue or White and Gold? How Your Brain Sees 'the Dress' Business Insider 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 What #TheDress Color You See Says About You According To Science The dress: Celebrities join the white and gold or blue and black debate Daily Mail Online Science explains how time spent outdoors colors your view of #thedress Los Angeles Times