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I really don't get how people can see the dress on the picture as blue and black. The average color of the gold/black part is #6e5d4d, which is brown/gold. The

I really don't get how people can see the dress on the picture as blue and black. The average color of the gold/black part is #6e5d4d, which is brown/gold. The average color of the white/blue part is #9298b0. White/blue composite: http://i.imgur.com/DvhPP7v.jpg http://i.imgur.com/DvhPP7v.jpg Gold/Black composite: http://i.imgur.com/aIFUWgE.jpg http://i.imgur.com/aIFUWgE.jpg Image color analyzer: http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/color_summarizer/?analyze http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/color_summarizer/?analyze

IgorPartola 12y ago
What about the blue?
- kristofferR 12y ago
  #9298b0
raverbashing 12y ago
This is the dress http://www.amazon.co.uk/Roman-Womens-Detail-Bodycon-Dress/dp/B00SJEUCWU http://www.amazon.co.uk/Roman-Womens-Detail-Bodycon-Dress/dp...
- evanb 12y ago
  I hope the manufacturer is internet-savvy enough to start producing the dress in white & gold.
- greggman 12y ago
  I know this is 8 days old but the picture of the real dress is irrelevant. The image of the dress is objectively white and gold regardless of whether or not the original dress is blue and black. Both colors can be measured and shown objectively be white and gold. They can not objectively be shown to be blue and black. If I take a picture of a flag and then in photoshop rotate the hue 180 degrees I'll get an aqua-ish and gold-ish-green flag. http://imgur.com/HkzeCU2 http://imgur.com/HkzeCU2 The fact that the original flag was red and blue is irrelevant. The image itself is aqua-ish and gold-ish-green
emddudley 12y ago
What people mean when they say the dress is blue and black is that they are inferring from the photo that the dress is blue and black under natural lighting. They can perceive that the black is not a true black, by pixel value, but in order for the brownish color to "make sense" alongside the blue in the photograph is for the brownish areas to be representing black.
lmm 12y ago
The real-world dress is blue and black. To my eye the photo was very obviously overexposed (look at the top right).

IgorPartola 12y ago

What about the blue?

kristofferR 12y ago
#9298b0

raverbashing 12y ago

This is the dress http://www.amazon.co.uk/Roman-Womens-Detail-Bodycon-Dress/dp/B00SJEUCWU http://www.amazon.co.uk/Roman-Womens-Detail-Bodycon-Dress/dp...

evanb 12y ago
I hope the manufacturer is internet-savvy enough to start producing the dress in white & gold.
greggman 12y ago
I know this is 8 days old but the picture of the real dress is irrelevant. The image of the dress is objectively white and gold regardless of whether or not the original dress is blue and black. Both colors can be measured and shown objectively be white and gold. They can not objectively be shown to be blue and black. If I take a picture of a flag and then in photoshop rotate the hue 180 degrees I'll get an aqua-ish and gold-ish-green flag. http://imgur.com/HkzeCU2 http://imgur.com/HkzeCU2 The fact that the original flag was red and blue is irrelevant. The image itself is aqua-ish and gold-ish-green

emddudley 12y ago

What people mean when they say the dress is blue and black is that they are inferring from the photo that the dress is blue and black under natural lighting. They can perceive that the black is not a true black, by pixel value, but in order for the brownish color to "make sense" alongside the blue in the photograph is for the brownish areas to be representing black.

lmm 12y ago

The real-world dress is blue and black. To my eye the photo was very obviously overexposed (look at the top right).