Here's Another Potential Explanation for Why We All Saw Two Colors of 'The Dress' SELF 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 This Dress is Blue and Black, Right? What Colors do You See? The brain's dress code: How The Dress allows to decode the neuronal pathway of an optical illusion ScienceDirect The Internet is obsessed with one question: Is this dress gold or blue? The Dress: Color debate rages on the Internet East Bay Times