Is That Dress White and Gold or Blue and Black? The New York Times The Dress: Black, Blue, White, GoldA Visual Illusion as America Dies How "The Dress" Became an Illusion Unlike Any Other Scientific American Is This Dress Blue And Black Or White And Gold? News9.com The Science Behind the Dress Illusion Eyepic Eye Care 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