What colour is the dress? Science explains why no one can work out what colour that damn dress is Metro News What Do You See? Asian Scientist Magazine Green Gold Dress Illusion Science Of 'the Dress': Why We Confuse White Gold With Blue Eleven years ago today, an image of a dress shared on Tumblr ignited a worldwide viral debate. It was eventually confirmed that the dress was black and blue. 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