What colours are this dress?

[Quivorir]

I have tried everything I can think of to see white and gold and it just doesnt happen.

 

[ManWithNoName]

I saw it on another site and now it looks blue and black to me – you're not insane MWNN!

Well I am, but for so many other reasons.

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

I have tried everything I can think of to see white and gold and it just doesnt happen.

Yeah ditto, but the other way around for me. Generally with these types of illusions you can bias your visual processing and see the 'other side' but I just can't find a way to see blue and black. Bizarre.

 

[TheFreshBanana]

I have tried everything I can think of to see white and gold and it just doesnt happen.

Didn't you say white and gold at the start?

 

[Feerits Elf]

It's white and gold.

I have tried everything I can think of to see white and gold and it just doesnt happen.

U trollin brah?

 

[ManWithNoName]

Just looked at it on my phone and it's absolutely white and gold. I reckon it's the backlight creating the illusion.

 

[Quivorir]

Didn't you say white and gold at the start?

I was being a smart ass as I thought the OP was taking the piss.

 

[LukasTheGreat]

I just looked at it under the sunlight and it sort of looked blue and black.

Then walked into the tram and its clearly white and gold now

Did it hurt? Maybe pain induces seeing White and gold?

 

[Quivorir]

Just looked at it on my phone and it's absolutely white and gold. I reckon it's the backlight creating the illusion.

I tried that too and still only got blue and black. Tried changing the brightness levels on both phone and monitor and still blue and black.

 

[TheFreshBanana]

I was being a smart ass as I thought the OP was taking the piss.

Good guess with white and gold!

 

[Feerits Elf]

I just looked at it under the sunlight and it sort of looked blue and black.

Then walked into the tram and its clearly white and gold now

Ironically, when Graham Polak walked into the tram he was black and blue.

 

[Quivorir]

Good guess with white and gold!

Well there was only two options...


Edit: Maybe you're on your phone and don't see that there is a poll.

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

blue and black

 

[treefingers]

emperor's new clothes type gag?

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

My best guess so far is the brain compensating for the brightness of the surroundings. The sides of the photo are extremely bright; your brain's recognising that the photo is well-lit and interpreting the colours of the dress as if they were in a bright environment. The colours of the dress (which is black and blue) are, by nature, dark - but because your brain's telling you that the dress is lit up, you interpret the 'darkness' as the darkened shadows of white/gold rather than as their original colours.

That said, though, it doesn't account for individual differences in the perception of the colours and it doesn't explain why you can't see the alternative, even after realising. Really weird.

 

[Feerits Elf]

Going by colour codes the "gold" is in the lighter range of the black family, the "white" is in the lighter range of the blue family.

Does anybody else see a lot of flash in the picture?

Is it possible some people perceive the reflected light off the dress material more than others, i.e. see the flash bouncing off black and blue to make gold and white, whereas others perceive it less and just see the material itself?

 

[craigos]

I think this is a test so he can tell his tinder date what he's wearing when they meet.

 

[Feerits Elf]

Another pic of the same dress:

 

[JUBJUB]

I see blue and black. A lot of people claim to see it as white and gold. This confuses me. Settle it, BigFooty.

Does it really matter,your arse will still look big in it either way MWNN

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

My best guess so far is the brain compensating for the brightness of the surroundings. The sides of the photo are extremely bright; your brain's recognising that the photo is well-lit and interpreting the colours of the dress as if they were in a bright environment. The colours of the dress (which is black and blue) are, by nature, dark - but because your brain's telling you that the dress is lit up, you interpret the 'darkness' as the darkened shadows of white/gold rather than as their original colours.

That said, though, it doesn't account for individual differences in the perception of the colours and it doesn't explain why you can't see the alternative, even after realising. Really weird.

Somewhat of an example of what I'm talking about because my explanation is woeful:

Both the middle square of the top side and the middle square of the darkened side are the same colour. Because of the context that both are presented in though, the bottom one appears much brighter. It's a normal colour in a darkened environment so your brain tells you that it must be a much more vivid colour than it actually is, and alters your perception. Seems to be a similar thing going on with the dress with the brightness of the image interfering with your processing.

 

[Quivorir]

What colours do people see here for 1 and 2?

1:

2:

 

[Stratton_Gun]

How the * is any part of it black

 

[Feerits Elf]

Same same

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

What colours do people see here for 1 and 2?

1:

2:

White and gold for both, which pretty much disproves my idea. Has to be something to do with the shadows but I've got no idea at all.

 

[Feerits Elf]

Could somebody please find Ja Rule? Get hold of this motherf**ker, so we can make sense of all this!

Where is Ja??

Help me Ja Rule