The Dress Debate SETTLED: Black And Blue Or White And Gold? TODAY Science explains how time spent outdoors colors your view of #thedress Los Angeles Times Eleven years ago today, an image of a dress posted on Tumblr, a social networking platform, ignited a global online debate over whether it was white and gold or blue and black. ELI5:Why does this dress appear white gold to some people and black blue to others? : r explainlikeimfive Dressgate: If you saw THAT dress as white your brain was working overtime What color is the dress? Why do some people see blue and black and some people see gold and white when looking at a single image of a dress? : r askscience