What color is the dress? Why do some people see blue and black and some people see gold and white when looking at a single image of a dress? : r askscience The Color Of The Dress According To Science YouTube Is That Dress White and Gold or Blue and Black? The New York Times Remember when the internet went absolutely nuts on the colour of a dress? The dress was blue and black. The original viral poster, Caitlin McNeill, later said it was a black and blue dress 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