Is it blue and black or white and gold? Dress color debate goes viral CBS News Jenna Bush Hager Wears Viral Internet Dress 10 Years After Debate Us Weekly In 2015, a photograph of a dress went viral, dividing viewers over whether its colors were blue and black or white and gold. This optical illusion highlighted differences in human color perception 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 Watch the dress change from Black & Blue to White & Gold right in front of your eyes by P Van Medium How I Flipped My Brain's View of the Black and Blue Dress Jeff Greenhouse