What color is the dress? Why do some people see blue and black and some people see gold and white when looking at a single image of a dress? : r askscience 10 years ago, a simple photograph of a dress sparked a global debate unlike anything seen online before. Posted in 2015, the image caused people to argue intensely over whether the dress I've never understood the white gold side of the dress illusion but after modifying someone else's picture to make this one I can (kind of) see it. : r opticalillusions The Blue Black White Gold Dress Controversy: No One Is Right Psychology Today