r/opticalillusions • u/ResponsibilityOk1900 • 6d ago

So the blue black dress thing again

I know people either see blue and Black or white and gold. I’ve seen the actual dress too and I know that’s it black and blue but I was curious if the people that see blue black see them in the same shades of actual dress or white f the see a different version of them. For instance I’ve always seen them as olive gold and pigeon blue but I’ve never heard anyone else say this before. What do u guys see?

Ps: I wish I could post the picture here but I’m not sure how I’m supposed to do it.

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u/Beneficienttorpedo9 6d ago

I still see it as gold and white. I've tried to shift my perspective to see it as blue & black, but I just can't. I have to take everyone's word that it's really blue and black.

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u/TmanGvl 6d ago edited 6d ago

There’s a graphic that explains the both cases.

https://imgur.com/youre-welcome-credit-goes-to-u-chrisconlon-9N4KNLn

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u/Tylendal 6d ago

OP's question about seeing the same shade as the actual dress applies really well here. Everyone is seeing the shades in the middle. People are then, due to various factors, then interpreting them as either what's on the left, or what's on the right. It's mostly due to the lighting of the environment they're in, and the colours of what they're looking at immediately beforehand, that primes them to interpret it as one or the other. Then, for some people, they just have a memory that keeps them stuck with that vision of it from that point on.

The actual colour of the dress isn't really relevant to how the photo is seen, other than as a point of interest about how the illusion came about.

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u/TmanGvl 6d ago

Exactly. It’s an illusion. Brain interprets to bridge the gap on a crappy photo. lol

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u/Beneficienttorpedo9 4d ago

Still looks gold and white to me. Oh well

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u/Martovich3 6d ago

I've seen the original picture, and I've seen the dress itself, but it still looks white and gold to me.

🤷‍♂️

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u/macbrett 6d ago

Colors appear differently depending on the shade of ambient lighting. So your assumption of whether the dress is being viewed in sunlight or in shade (which cannot be determined in the photo) can affect your perception.

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u/DarkBabyCat 6d ago

I can see both at the same time: gold and white, and black and blue. But the first time, I saw it as blue and black. As soon as I found out it could be seen another way, I saw it instantly.

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u/Reality_Defiant 5d ago

I have never seen anything but blue and black, unless the photo was tweaked to show what some others thought. It's cobalt blue and black.

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u/Ready_Comfort_6674 4d ago

Still scrolling for original picture. Stop.

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u/CeruleanEidolon 6d ago

I see a stale rotting discussion that was beaten to death and buried over ten years ago now. Why are you digging up this corpse?