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 The Truth About the Dress: Black and Blue Explained What I never understood was if some folk saw the original dress as white gold & some saw it as black blue then how do side by side images like this exist showing them as two The Dress white & gold or blue & black? Everything else Quarter To Three Forums