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Not a trick, this is crazy and going around the internet in the last 24 hours.
Does this dress look white/gold or black/blue to you? My wife and I are arguing about it. It is definitely a strong blue and black for me. She thinks I'm nuts and says it's completely white/gold.
http://i.imgur.com/eXRllOw.jpg
The dress is white, with gold lace accents and a white bolero jacket.
theGinsue
02-26-2015, 22:24
Is this some sort of social experiment?
The item behind the dress (to the viewers left) is black & white - looks like it's in a milk cow pattern.
The black in the item behind the dress gives you a black baseline as the light brown wood trim to the right gives you a reference.
It appears to me to be a white dress/jacket with gold trim.
It's lit from behind, putting the front of the dress in shadow making the white of the dress appear darker.
SideShow Bob
02-26-2015, 22:27
Is this some sort of social experiment?
If you say it is black/blue long enough, people will believe you.
I see black and blue. My wife and daughter see gold, white.
Rooskibar03
02-26-2015, 22:30
Black and blue and waiting for Monica.
Put the bong down and slowly back away.
My wife and son see blue and black, I see definite White and Gold.
This is really interesting.
The dress is white, with gold lace accents and a white bolero jacket.
You are quite specific and articulate about that....I don't even know what a bolero jacket was..... [Coffee]
This is seriously one of the more interesting things I've found on the internet in some time.
You are quite specific and articulate about that....I don't even know what a bolero jacket was..... [Coffee]
I think she wears dresses more often than you.
I see white/gold and the wife sees blue/gold??
Is this some sort of social experiment?
The item behind the dress (to the viewers left) is black & white - looks like it's in a milk cow pattern.
The black in the item behind the dress gives you a black baseline as the light brown wood trim to the right gives you a reference.
It appears to me to be a white dress/jacket with gold trim.
It's lit from behind, putting the front of the dress in shadow making the white of the dress appear darker.
I don't see anything black behind the dress- I see a light brown surface with a dappling of light and shadow.
This is very odd. My husband sees the black and blue hues as well.
You are quite specific and articulate about that....I don't even know what a bolero jacket was..... [Coffee]
My prom dress had a bolero jacket. :)
Blue/black, unless I tilt the monitor toward me about 45 degrees. Then it looks white/gold.
I think you are spot on!
Is this some sort of social experiment?
Black and blue... I am color blind though
I see a Dr. Seuss type schism in American society coming soon. Hopefully we can avert a holocaust by you people just agreeing with me that it's obviously blue and black... And the butter goes on top of the toast.
The OP dress is black and blue. I see White and gold in this one though.
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No clue if this is real science or just some random internet theory. I have light sensitive eyes, but can see very well at night. My wife is the opposite. Been a while since I had my anatomy and physiology class though. It does say I'm high functioning and you white/gold guys are lame though, so I'm going to believe it.
"Your eyes have retinas, the things that let you interpret color. There's rods, round things, and cones that stick out, which is what gives your eye a textured appearance in the colored part. The "cones" see color. The "rods" see shade, like black, white and grey. Cones only work when enough light passes through. So while I see the fabric as white, someone else may see it as blue because my cones aren't responding to the dim lighting. My rods see it as a shade (white).
There's three cones: small, medium and large. They are blue sensitive, green sensitive, and red sensitive.
As for the black bit (which I see as gold), it's called additive mixing. Blue, green and red are the main colors for additive mixing. This is where it gets really tricky. Subtractive mixing, such as with paint, means the more colors you add the murkier it gets until its black. ADDITIVE mixing, when you add the three colors the eyes see best, red, green and blue, (not to be confused with primary colors red, blue and yellow) it makes pure white.
—Blue and Black: In conclusion, your retina's cones are more high functioning, and this results in your eyes doing subtractive mixing.
—White and Gold: our eyes don't work well in dim light so our retinas rods see white, and this makes them less light sensitive, causing additive mixing, (that of green and red), to make gold."
I just saw this on car forum.
I see white/gold.
Reflection of the light is just too dimm. You can see brown, blue, whatever.
No clue if this is real science or just some random internet theory. I have light sensitive eyes, but can see very well at night. My wife is the opposite. Been a while since I had my anatomy and physiology class though. It does say I'm high functioning and you white/gold guys are lame though, so I'm going to believe it.
"Your eyes have retinas, the things that let you interpret color. There's rods, round things, and cones that stick out, which is what gives your eye a textured appearance in the colored part. The "cones" see color. The "rods" see shade, like black, white and grey. Cones only work when enough light passes through. So while I see the fabric as white, someone else may see it as blue because my cones aren't responding to the dim lighting. My rods see it as a shade (white).
There's three cones: small, medium and large. They are blue sensitive, green sensitive, and red sensitive.
As for the black bit (which I see as gold), it's called additive mixing. Blue, green and red are the main colors for additive mixing. This is where it gets really tricky. Subtractive mixing, such as with paint, means the more colors you add the murkier it gets until its black. ADDITIVE mixing, when you add the three colors the eyes see best, red, green and blue, (not to be confused with primary colors red, blue and yellow) it makes pure white.
—Blue and Black: In conclusion, your retina's cones are more high functioning, and this results in your eyes doing subtractive mixing.
—White and Gold: our eyes don't work well in dim light so our retinas rods see white, and this makes them less light sensitive, causing additive mixing, (that of green and red), to make gold."
That's a whole lot of fancy talk for someone who's wrong. It's white and gold. [Coffee]
We both see blue/black. I'm pretty good at colors. There is a color game to test this. Let me dig it up real quick. Blendo is a fun app too.
Here is one, not the one I was looking for though.
http://xritephoto.com/ph_toolframe.aspx?action=coloriq
Here is just a straight color blind test.
http://colorvisiontesting.com/ishihara.htm
That's a whole lot of fancy talk for someone who's wrong. It's white and gold. [Coffee]
Yup. I disagree with the analysis of Blue&Black and White&gold. Although if you just simply analyze the damn spectrospcope crap on visual light spectrum junk on the picture (which lack of dim reflection), it might come out different colors on all specific areas. We have seen some terrible pictures with horrible colors on eBay listings, and we have been through a lot of photos in the internet. Therefore I will guess white and gold with crappy light reflection which will bring Brown, blue, black, gray, etc.
mahabali
02-26-2015, 22:58
I dont see how anyone could that that was blue and black.
We both see blue/black. I'm pretty good at colors. There is a color game to test this. Let me dig it up real quick. Blendo is a fun app too.
Here is one, not the one I was looking for though.
http://xritephoto.com/ph_toolframe.aspx?action=coloriq
Here is just a straight color blind test.
http://colorvisiontesting.com/ishihara.htm
I'm good with color, too. It's weird how we see different colors.
Those theories are no science. Only way it can be science is to bring the darn computer screen to the spectroscopy area by area, and find out the wavelength to find the actual area within acceptable dE/E. That will determine the TRUE color of the "photograph" projected on the screen. Actual color of the dress would be unknown until we see a better picture.
[blah-blah]
More info from Reddit if you guys were interested.
http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/2xbfxp/what_color_is_the_dress_why_do_some_people_see/
What the heck. I see Blue/Brown now.
Just moments ago, it was White/Gold.
hurley842002
02-26-2015, 23:15
What the heck. I see Blue/Brown now.
Just moments ago, it was White/Gold.
Same thing happened to me.
Wired.com analysis says it is definitely blue! What do I win?
http://www.wired.com/2015/02/science-one-agrees-color-dress/
Firehaus
02-26-2015, 23:16
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/26/bfa1c2a0c09a0305314924f2e19c73b3.jpghttp://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/26/b47cca6f1a71b630b285b6f3033a1a02.jpg
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I am really trying hard to see the white/gold. Those of you who can switch back and forth are making me jealous...
mahabali
02-26-2015, 23:18
Ok WHAT THE FUUUU??!?! Now it is blue!!!
Wired.com analysis says it is definitely blue! What do I win?
http://www.wired.com/2015/02/science-one-agrees-color-dress/
You win a cookie. :)
You win a cookie. :)
oooooh, can I come get it now? ;)
mcantar18c
02-26-2015, 23:25
I showed the wife, she said gold and blue.
oooooh, can I come get it now? ;)
Door's locked up for the night...it'll have to be another day. ;)
Okay, I read the wired.com article. I accept that it's blue, but I am still seeing it as white and gold...
mahabali
02-26-2015, 23:30
Print it out.... It will look blue, then look back at the screen and it will also be blue.
I really want to see the white/gold now. I'm still drinking, but it's not blurry enough yet.
I see white base color with gold overlay. There is some overhead lighting that is directly illuminating some of the gold trim and white base color.
Here is just a straight color blind test.
http://colorvisiontesting.com/ishihara.htm
"You Successfully Identified Shapes that are typically
hidden to Protan, Deutan, and
Tritan color deficiencies."
gnihcraes
02-26-2015, 23:51
Blue and gold. Now I must go look at it again...
Firehaus
02-27-2015, 00:02
The image is over exposed so the blacks are week. In the photo I posted the saturation is boosted and the contrast boosted to bring the black levels in line. The other photo is a catalog shot of the actual dress.
Sent from my iPhone
Green and purple.
Okay, I see white/gold.
Blue and black. Wife sees white. I see zero white. She's nuts.
Now I see it as blue and black. *headdesk*
Gmans-Wife
02-27-2015, 00:44
My husband asked me to weigh in on this. Color wise I see a whitish dress with nasty goldish stripes. My initial reaction was: I see a badly exposed picture that hurts the eyes of a FUGLY dress.
Maybe if the photographer had a better camera, wasn't taking the picture through glass and didn't have a horrible back glare the colors would be clear. However it still doesn't change the fact that the dress is bloody ugly.
I see a Dr. Seuss type schism in American society coming soon. Hopefully we can avert a holocaust by you people just agreeing with me that it's obviously blue and black... And the butter goes on top of the toast.
You win a star for this reference.
My husband asked me two weigh in on this. Color wise I see a whitish dress with nasty goldish stripes. My initial reaction was: I see a badly exposed picture that hurts the eyes of a FUGLY dress.
Maybe if the photographer had a better camera, wasn't taking the picture through glass and didn't have a horrible back glare the colors would be clear. However it still doesn't change the fact that the dress is bloody ugly.
But do you like the bolero jacket?
My husband asked me two weigh in on this. Color wise I see a whitish dress with nasty goldish stripes. My initial reaction was: I see a badly exposed picture that hurts the eyes of a FUGLY dress.
Maybe if the photographer had a better camera, wasn't taking the picture through glass and didn't have a horrible back glare the colors would be clear. However it still doesn't change the fact that the dress is bloody ugly.
Yes deer.
Gmans-Wife
02-27-2015, 00:54
It didn't even register that there was a bolero jacket until I was reading The Grey's post. <shrugs> I'm not very fashionable.
When I view this on my Macbook Pro with Retina display (IPS), I see white and gold no matter the angle of the laptop display. The wife noticed that if she changes the angle on her laptop display (TFT), the color does indeed range from white and gold to blue and black.
So, depending on your viewing angle and the technology used in your display, it could be either and a few in-between.
RblDiver
02-27-2015, 01:04
I see white/gold. It looks like the lighting is from the opposite side of it (it looks sort of like an outfit in a store window), and we're seeing it shaded, but definitely white/gold to me.
As a curious note, I took the image and copied into Paint. I did an eyedropper on one of the parts of the dress (what I see as white, I guess others see blue). Now, it is *slightly* more blue than others, but it's still veering towards the white spectrum (red 134, green 147, blue 189). The white/black/gray colors would be equal (for instance, white is 255-255-255).
As for the gold/black, still seeing a brown/gold (rgb 120-105-62).
PugnacAutMortem
02-27-2015, 01:25
It's definitely white and gold when I look directly at it...but when I look at the black fabric in the bottom left-hand corner the white immediately turns blue. I can then look back at the dress and it slowly fades from blue back to white.
It's far too late to be doing things like this to people, Brian...
PugnacAutMortem
02-27-2015, 01:28
Goddamnit...now I found this image and I can no longer see the white...what in the actual fuck...
http://i.imgur.com/3oH4jw4.jpg
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/26/dd61ec3ee4a13e13d4550a2377a9a8ba.jpg
JohnnyEgo
02-27-2015, 02:12
I saw white and gold and immediately thought 'wow, why would somebody back light this and not reset the midtones'. Feels like bad photoshop choices to me. Took me a while to see it as black and blue. I had to stare at the cow for a minute and then immediately shift to the dress.
Looks blue and OD to me but I'am in my phone.
Fentonite
02-27-2015, 02:31
Clearly, it is white and Coyote Tan.
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz339/fentonite/d6fde82626edb8de459ed35eb0a766e1.jpg
Mick-Boy
02-27-2015, 04:39
I don't know if my marriage will survive this....
KestrelBike
02-27-2015, 06:18
oh weird, my sister sent that picture to our family last night asking "Hey what color is this?" and I thought she was asking for what specific shade of blue it was, because it was so obviously blue/black. (I came up with periwinkle or hydrangea-blue)
http://www.christysbluevillage.com/foto/MISC%20smurf%20figures%5CUnicef%20Smurf/MISC-Unicef-White-Smurf.JPG
Bailey Guns
02-27-2015, 06:26
What dress?
BPTactical
02-27-2015, 08:23
Who gives a rat fuck about the color of a dress?
Like we don't have anything else to deal with.
Jeesus......
buffalobo
02-27-2015, 08:36
Who gives a rat fuck about the color of a dress?
Like we don't have anything else to deal with.
Jeesus......
Crabby ol bas!#^d.[emoji106]
10 ring as usual.[emoji481]
Clearly Seashell and Burly Wood. It's totally obvious.
wctriumph
02-27-2015, 09:11
Well, it looks blue and brown to me for the angle presented. But I'm deaf (says my wife) so hard to say.
wctriumph
02-27-2015, 09:12
Who gives a rat fuck about the color of a dress?
Like we don't have anything else to deal with.
Jeesus......
Comin' off the med's there Burt?
[Coffee]
Scanker19
02-27-2015, 09:16
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Great-Kazoo
02-27-2015, 09:27
I see 8 pages before the mods lock the thread. Who really cares what color it is? The woman wearing it is still upset her SO thinks she paid too much for it.
Great-Kazoo
02-27-2015, 09:27
Comin' off the med's there Burt?
[Coffee]
Back down son. I got your back bert.
crashdown
02-27-2015, 11:19
Sometimes when I look at an AR-15 I see 5.56, sometimes .223..... oh wait. wrong forum... you guys are talking about women's wear here.
BushMasterBoy
02-27-2015, 11:57
Just shoot me...
Aloha_Shooter
02-27-2015, 12:19
Who cares? It's a damned dress. If she's got the shape to fit that thing, she probably looks better with it off anyway ... [Coffee]
Great-Kazoo
02-27-2015, 12:40
Who cares? It's a damned dress. If she's got the shape to fit that thing, she probably looks better with it off anyway ... [Coffee]
Close the thread we have a weiner.
muddywings
02-27-2015, 13:09
Ok, this is crazy.
I opened this thread, saw white/gold, then said, 'whatever, stupid topic is stupid.'
Had lunch and someone showed me the photo on his phone and it was blue/black. I thought it was something to do with the monitors so I re-opened this thread and sure enough the dress is now blue/black. Same computer as this morning. Only difference is I ate lunch and had a bottle of Gatorade.
Now my mind is BLOWN!
Better hydrated? was it subway sammich?! I'm freaked out right now. Need to leave work early to be able to cope with this!
BPTactical
02-27-2015, 13:21
Ok, this is crazy.
I opened this thread, saw white/gold, then said, 'whatever, stupid topic is stupid.'
Had lunch and someone showed me the photo on his phone and it was blue/black. I thought it was something to do with the monitors so I re-opened this thread and sure enough the dress is now blue/black. Same computer as this morning. Only difference is I ate lunch and had a bottle of Gatorade.
Now my mind is BLOWN!
Better hydrated? was it subway sammich?! I'm freaked out right now. Need to leave work early to be able to cope with this!
It's just a bad trip man.......stay in a dark and quiet place for about 10 hours and you will survive it
muddywings
02-27-2015, 13:24
It's just a bad trip man.......stay in a dark and quiet place for about 10 hours and you will survive it
subway put something funny in my turkey/ham sammich didn't they?!
http://33.media.tumblr.com/c128335efe8ffd797debc5c22ffa09dd/tumblr_nkfwmfDNEz1thsrlto1_1280.gif
I'm starting to think people are nuts. I've looked at this thing on 4 different devices multiple times and on different sites and it is still white and gold.
hollohas
02-27-2015, 19:21
The real dress is blue and black.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2972286/The-dress-divided-internet-blue-black.html
I told my wife last night it was blue and black and she said I was crazy. She said white and gold. No matter how many times I looked, no matter the device, I couldn't see any hint of white.
I'm somewhat color blind and only have one eye that works, I don't think my perception would be accurate on a photo that elicits this many divergent opinions.
tim-adams
02-27-2015, 19:32
who gives a sh!t Mr Spock died.
Walker2970
02-27-2015, 19:41
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lostcolorado
02-27-2015, 19:43
57067
What color is this dog?
TEAMRICO
02-27-2015, 20:21
.......dat azzzzz!
muddywings
02-27-2015, 20:35
Ah shit I looked at it again and it's back to white/gold
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BPTactical
02-27-2015, 20:50
57067
What color is this dog?
Dumbass........thats a Kat!
wctriumph
03-02-2015, 10:50
Ask Bill, he knows!
I see blue and black, it's just washed out by the light from above...
Just imagine if we could find a way to drum up this much attention for real issues...
Just imagine if we could find a way to drum up this much attention for real issues...
Like "What price do you see this M855 as, $.30/rd or $.90/rd?"
Like "What price do you see this M855 as, $.30/rd or $.90/rd?"
Not THAT serious of an issue. More like "How many loafs of bread do I need for a 36 hour snow storm?".
Not THAT serious of an issue. More like "How many loafs of bread do I need for a 36 hour snow storm?".
Well when we get a real snow storm I suppose you'd get your answer... milk bread sammiches go fast!
Black n blue now.... But saw white n gold when I first saw it.
57067
What color is this dog?
I see DINNER. :D
I grew up in the south... The panic here is getting JUST as bad. I've yet to be through a major storm here that prevented me from getting out and about. I've been here since jan '97...
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I grew up in the south... The panic here is getting JUST as bad. I've yet to be through a major storm here that prevented me from getting out and about. I've been here since jan '97...
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You guys actually got snow? I thought moving to Salt Lake would have had us in snow this year, but we have had 50 & 60 degree temps instead. It snowed the day before Christmas, and today, that's it....
Def white & gold to my eyes.
You guys actually got snow? I thought moving to Salt Lake would have had us in snow this year, but we have had 50 & 60 degree temps instead. It snowed the day before Christmas, and today, that's it....
WhenTF did you move to SLC?
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