Published on 12, July, 2020
What colour is the dress?(1) blue and black(2) white and gold(3) other
The dress is a photograph that became a viral internet sensation on 26 February 2015, when viewers disagreed over whether the dress pictured was colored blue and black, or white and gold. The phenomenon revealed differences in human colour perception. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dress
That's the illusion, because of the way that the squares and the gaps in between them are positioned, it makes the dots appear to flash or jump so that you can't actually count them.
These websites explain about the psychology of optical illusions a bit:
https://www.verywellmind.com/optical-illusions-4020333
https://www.all-about-psychology.com/optical-illusions.html
Have you seen the "café wall illusion"?
I couldn't look at this the dots keep flashing!
Is one line longer than the other?
How many black dots do you see?
Thank you :-)
I see gold but its also got a slight purple hue...
Trainspotter said:The dress certainly looked Blue in real life but Gold on a picture.
The dress itself was confirmed as a royal blue "Lace Bodycon Dress" from the retailer Roman Originals, which was actually blue-and-black in colourhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-31656935
Kitsune said:Are we allowed to add our own optical illusion pictures on this thread please?
Sure. I like visual illusions, too.
I would say blue and black?
I always used to like optical/visual illusions back when I did my Psychology degree. It's amazing how the mind can be tricked!
Are we allowed to add our own optical illusion pictures on this thread please?
Depending how I look at it I can see all 3...
My 3rd being somewhere between option 1 and 2.
This or something very similar was in Ripleys Believe it or Not in London.
The dress certainly looked Blue in real life but Gold on a picture.
If you look at this picture from different angles on the computer screen it changes colour ...!
So the way a camera sees the dress is different from the way the eye sees it. This is not to say that people's eyes don't have different colour perception, just that a photograph can reveal a different colour than the eye interprets.
In the days of film Bluebells would often photograph as 'pink bells'
I see pale blue and light brown