It is a picture of a dress. It’s not a real dress. It’s a
digital representation. Any question posted alongside it is regarding the digital representation obviously as it is not a real dress in front of us.
You doubled down on lacking the depth to understand what’s actually going on and why you cannot see the true pixels displayed when others can.
Yeah, buddy, sorry. You’re wrong. The debate was solved when the store selling the dress came out and said it was black and blue. You, and maybe some other people who have particularly literal interpretations of things, may have misunderstood the debate entirely from the beginning. It seems that’s the case.
I already established that I wouldn’t argue against pixel values on the picture matching white and gold. I believe you.
People that are arguing that they see black and blue DO SEE THE WHITE AND GOLD that is literally present in the picture DUE TO THE EXPOSURE. They just know it’s obviously black and blue, because they can look at it and interpret it correctly.
Everyone agrees the physical dress is black and blue. That was never the actual debate. The reason this became a global phenomenon is because the photo is so overexposed and lacking in lighting cues that different people genuinely perceive different colors. It’s not about being literal or mistaken — it’s about how the brain interprets visual ambiguity.
Saying black and blue viewers “see” white and gold but just know better doesn’t line up with the research or lived experience of the people who see it differently. Many white and gold viewers don’t consciously override anything — they see pale blue and brownish gold as stable, consistent colors. And those are close to the actual pixel values. So in terms of what’s present in the image, their perception is just as grounded as anyone else’s.
First two sentences in. You’re wrong. When the store owners came out and told everyone the correct colors, the debate ended. Sorry. That’s what happened.
Don’t need to read the rest of your narrative based on a faulty premise.
The wikipedia page details how it was a viral buzzfeed quiz positing the question “what color is this dress?” The wikipedia page also details how the buzzfeed quiz blew up overnight(feb26)- oh, you’re right, I can’t find when they announced the color. It was the next day, feb 27th. I just used google to find the old tweet.
So anyway, the wide world did NOT know the color of the dress from the beginning, it went viral overnight without that context at all. Sorry? I don’t know why you seem to care so much?
On the day of the wedding, Caitlin McNeill, a friend of the bride and groom, performed with her band at the wedding. Even after seeing that the dress was “obviously blue and black” in reality,[3] the musicians remained preoccupied by the photograph. They said they almost failed to make it on stage because they were caught up discussing the dress.
Yeah nothing wider here because some people on Tumblr for a day didn’t know. Not like its still being discussed and studied a decade later.
It is a picture of a dress. It’s not a real dress. It’s a digital representation. Any question posted alongside it is regarding the digital representation obviously as it is not a real dress in front of us.
You doubled down on lacking the depth to understand what’s actually going on and why you cannot see the true pixels displayed when others can.
Yeah, buddy, sorry. You’re wrong. The debate was solved when the store selling the dress came out and said it was black and blue. You, and maybe some other people who have particularly literal interpretations of things, may have misunderstood the debate entirely from the beginning. It seems that’s the case.
I already established that I wouldn’t argue against pixel values on the picture matching white and gold. I believe you.
People that are arguing that they see black and blue DO SEE THE WHITE AND GOLD that is literally present in the picture DUE TO THE EXPOSURE. They just know it’s obviously black and blue, because they can look at it and interpret it correctly.
Everyone agrees the physical dress is black and blue. That was never the actual debate. The reason this became a global phenomenon is because the photo is so overexposed and lacking in lighting cues that different people genuinely perceive different colors. It’s not about being literal or mistaken — it’s about how the brain interprets visual ambiguity.
Saying black and blue viewers “see” white and gold but just know better doesn’t line up with the research or lived experience of the people who see it differently. Many white and gold viewers don’t consciously override anything — they see pale blue and brownish gold as stable, consistent colors. And those are close to the actual pixel values. So in terms of what’s present in the image, their perception is just as grounded as anyone else’s.
First two sentences in. You’re wrong. When the store owners came out and told everyone the correct colors, the debate ended. Sorry. That’s what happened.
Don’t need to read the rest of your narrative based on a faulty premise.
Skill issue btw.
That isn’t what happened. Your entire life is a skill issue.
Check the wikipedia page ig? That is exactly what happened lmao.
The wikipedia page details how it’s been studied for over a decade since, and how it was never ‘unknown’ so you check the wikpedia page ig
The wikipedia page details how it was a viral buzzfeed quiz positing the question “what color is this dress?” The wikipedia page also details how the buzzfeed quiz blew up overnight(feb26)- oh, you’re right, I can’t find when they announced the color. It was the next day, feb 27th. I just used google to find the old tweet.
So anyway, the wide world did NOT know the color of the dress from the beginning, it went viral overnight without that context at all. Sorry? I don’t know why you seem to care so much?
Yeah nothing wider here because some people on Tumblr for a day didn’t know. Not like its still being discussed and studied a decade later.