Science explains how time spent outdoors colors your view of #thedress Los Angeles Times The dress was a viral online phenomenon in 2015, centered on a photograph of a dress that people disagreed on whether it was blue and black or white and gold. Within a Is That Dress White and Gold or Blue and Black? The New York Times This explains how the blue black white gold dress illusion was possible. But it doesn't explain why some people saw it one way and some saw it the other, and no one seemed to see TheDress is now available in white and gold and you can bid on it (for a good cause)! FASHION Magazine The Dress: The Truth About White and Gold