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 monica + andy Dresses Velour Adult Life Of The Party Dress Green Size Small Poshmark 196,103 Adult Woman Party Dress Royalty Free Images, Stock Photos & Pictures Shutterstock Debate rages over color of dress photographed in rare light Features dailyrecordnews.com The True Colors of the Black and Blue Dress Revealed 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