This Dress is Blue and Black, Right? What Colors do You See? 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 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 Great Dress Debate: Black and Blue or White and Gold? Why did some people see a gold and white dress? Our Brain Photo finally solves the black and blue white and gold dress debate