Is the dress blue or gold? The phenomenon originated in a photograph of a dress posted on Facebook in 2015. The dress was black and blue, but the conditions of the photograph Here's why people saw the dress differently. 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 The Dress Debate Black and Blue or White and Gold British Vogue British Vogue Is That Dress White and Gold or Blue and Black? The New York Times