Is 'the dress' white and gold or blue and black? Visual perception expert weighs in
Monday, March 2, 2015 - 14:30
in Psychology & Sociology
On Feb. 26, a picture of a cocktail dress originally uploaded to the blog Tumblr swept the Internet and managed to divide the population over a simple question: What color is the dress? Some viewers saw gold and white while others insisted the dress is blue and black. Some people claimed they could see either interpretation, but only one of them at a time. It made people stop and ask, "What exactly is going on with this image?"