How I Flipped My Brain's View of the Black and Blue Dress Jeff Greenhouse Women's German Dirndl Dress Blue Gold XXL The White and Gold (No, Blue and Black!) Dress That Melted the Internet The New York Times So I searched up the black and blue dress : r opticalillusions Black and blue, or white and gold? 'The dress' turns 10 years old 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