The True Color of White and Gold Dress (Or Blue and Black) Snickerdoodle Software I See White and Gold, but the Dress Taught Me How We Shape Our Own Reality by Shaant A Culturated Medium Is it blue and black or white and gold? Dress color debate goes viral CBS News How "The Dress" Became an Illusion Unlike Any Other Scientific American Royalty Free photo: Woman wearing white and gold colored sleeveless floor length dress PickPik 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