How I Flipped My Brain's View of the Black and Blue Dress Jeff Greenhouse Black & White Contrast Trim Gold Button Dress 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 The dress was a viral online phenomenon in 2015, centered on a photograph of a dress that people disagreed on whether it was blue and black or white and gold. Within a