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Wtf, that dress is not black and blue. What are people smoking?
by junon 5y ago
Wtf, that dress is not black and blue. What are people smoking?
- jabbany 5y agoFrom wikipedia: The dress itself was confirmed as a royal blue "Lace Bodycon Dress" from the retailer Roman Originals,[26] which was actually black and blue in colour;[1][2] although available in three other colours (red, pink, and ivory, each with black lace), a white and gold version was not available at the time. So objectively it is black and blue. Of course, our eyes tricking us about color is hardly anything new... (brown is just orange with context!)
- srl 5y agoI see the dress as blue and gold, which was never even an option. But, I'm color blind.
- dvnguyen 5y agoSame here. Do I need to get my eyes checked?
- oehpr 5y agoA podcast on this subject that I found a particularly nice listen: https://youarenotsosmart.com/2020/03/09/yanss-175-how-a-divisive-photograph-of-a-perceptually-ambiguous-dress-lead-one-scientist-to-build-the-nuclear-bomb-of-cognitive-science-out-of-socks-and-crocs-part-one/ https://youarenotsosmart.com/2020/03/09/yanss-175-how-a-divi... Gist of it is this: The dress is under a harsh sodium lamp, If you spent your formative years around those (a night owl in the years when lots of sodium lights were present), you would pick up the subtle cues in the photo that would tell you that the dress is black and blue. Those with less fun histories lack the ability to pick those cues out, and misidentify as white and gold (me included).
- sersi 5y agoI was equaly confused but in the opposite direction. No matter how many times I look at it, I can't see it other than black and blue, I certainly don't see any white or gold..
- sersi 5y agoAnd now that I look at the same image tonight, I see it as white and gold.