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I can't see black and blue for the life of me. I even ran some computer vision algorithms on it (none of which said the lighter image had black, or any sizable

I can't see black and blue for the life of me. I even ran some computer vision algorithms on it (none of which said the lighter image had black, or any sizable amount of blue). My guess, some people are either color blind, dimming their screens trying to see it, or they are seeing a different image...

mod 12y ago
Those guesses are all incorrect. My girlfriend and I see different color dresses on the same screen/ambient light, and neither of us is color blind.
- lettergram 12y ago
  Then I am totally mind blown.
peteretep 12y ago
Given that everyone who is seeing it in black and blue is seeing the correct image (as later verified), it's a bit odd for you to suggest they're the ones with problems with their sight. This is the dress itself: http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2015-02/26/22/enhanced/webdr02/enhanced-1984-1425006448-3.jpg http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2015-02/26/22/enhanced/webdr... Which is exactly the colours it looked like in the original image, to me, and to I suspect everyone else who can't make it look anything other than black and blue.
- lettergram 12y ago
  Part of the problem is from that image everyone started sending around a billion copies of the wired image. I agree that dress is blue and black and I think everyone else would to. The problem seems to be people changing the white balancing. I wrote a quick write up, but my computer never identifies a black and blue dress. Even the one you linked would be indigo (not that it maters that much). http://austingwalters.com/that-dress-is-gold-and-white/ http://austingwalters.com/that-dress-is-gold-and-white/
starky 12y ago
I simply opened the file up in an image editor and played around with the eyedropper. It seems pretty clear that the two main colours are white with some blue tint, and a yellow. When the exposure was fixed, the colours weren't even close to black and blue.
lkbm 12y ago
I was able to see it b+b when I first woke up this morning. Last night I only saw w+g. But, no, it's not the screen. Two people looking at the same screen will see different things. The lesson here is that while there is an objective reality, our minds do A LOT of post-processing on our sensory input without our knowledge, so we don't have unfettered access to it.

mod 12y ago

Those guesses are all incorrect. My girlfriend and I see different color dresses on the same screen/ambient light, and neither of us is color blind.

lettergram 12y ago
Then I am totally mind blown.

peteretep 12y ago

Given that everyone who is seeing it in black and blue is seeing the correct image (as later verified), it's a bit odd for you to suggest they're the ones with problems with their sight. This is the dress itself: http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2015-02/26/22/enhanced/webdr02/enhanced-1984-1425006448-3.jpg http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2015-02/26/22/enhanced/webdr... Which is exactly the colours it looked like in the original image, to me, and to I suspect everyone else who can't make it look anything other than black and blue.

lettergram 12y ago
Part of the problem is from that image everyone started sending around a billion copies of the wired image. I agree that dress is blue and black and I think everyone else would to. The problem seems to be people changing the white balancing. I wrote a quick write up, but my computer never identifies a black and blue dress. Even the one you linked would be indigo (not that it maters that much). http://austingwalters.com/that-dress-is-gold-and-white/ http://austingwalters.com/that-dress-is-gold-and-white/

starky 12y ago

I simply opened the file up in an image editor and played around with the eyedropper. It seems pretty clear that the two main colours are white with some blue tint, and a yellow. When the exposure was fixed, the colours weren't even close to black and blue.

lkbm 12y ago

I was able to see it b+b when I first woke up this morning. Last night I only saw w+g. But, no, it's not the screen. Two people looking at the same screen will see different things. The lesson here is that while there is an objective reality, our minds do A LOT of post-processing on our sensory input without our knowledge, so we don't have unfettered access to it.