Black and blue, or white and gold? 'The dress' turns 10 years old WFLA This dress is tearing the internet apart and we can't explain it (yet) Vox The Dress of viral internet fame. Actual colour black and blue on the Download Scientific Diagram How "The Dress" Became an Illusion Unlike Any Other Scientific American Is This Dress Blue And Black Or White And Gold? News9.com 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