ELI5:Why does this dress appear white gold to some people and black blue to others? : r explainlikeimfive Is That Dress White and Gold or Blue and Black? The New York Times The dress: Celebrities join the white and gold or blue and black debate Daily Mail Online The dress was a viral online phenomenon in 2015, centered on a photograph of a dress that people disagreed on whether it was blue and black or white and gold. Within a It's been 10 years since this dress was posted. People debated which colours it was, and it was later confirmed to be black and blue.