Why the dress is blue (but white to you) In 2015, a photograph of a dress went viral, dividing viewers over whether its colors were blue and black or white and gold. This optical illusion highlighted differences in human color perception You Can Now Buy 'The Dress' In Either Blue And Black Or White And Gold First brain scan study to feature THAT dress BPS The dress turned 11 and it's STILL white and gold PERIOD. Eleven years later the color swatches are right there and people who see blue and black are proving your eyes lie Why nobody could agree on the color of that dress on X