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My wife sees white/gold, I see black/blue on the same exact screen. Observations: I did not know there was a contraveesy when first shown the image. She did. I

My wife sees white/gold, I see black/blue on the same exact screen. Observations: I did not know there was a contraveesy when first shown the image. She did. I am 100% sure I am seeing the correct image (I am since color dropper verified). She is trying to figure it out. Can this be the power of suggestion since the initial person she saw it from said gold/white? I tried zooming in on parts of the image to show her that it was indeed black/blue. She saw the blue at high zoom but as soon as any color variation to the blue or a little of the black started to show, she said it flipped back to gold/white for her. When zoomed in on the black she cannot see it as black, and I start seeing a gold tiny to it. She saw the decomposed color swatches and acknowledged them as black/blue. When looking at pictures in better lighting of the supposed same dress, she sees it as black/blue. Hypothesies: (1) this is the case of the power of suggestion. Once you are told it is a certain color you cannot unsee it. (2) this has to do with poor quality of the image. Is the image on the cusp of some uncanny valley where most people's brains try to fill in the missing information? I say most because apparently around 70% of people see it as gold/white (Sploid poll). (3) Maybe this has to do with some type of screen refresh rate? Would have been a lot more likely with CRT screens, but don't know if there is some tech on LCD's that can have this effect. Someone please explain this. I am losing sleep here.

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Your brain does a lot of work when you look at things. You don't perceive exactly what your eyes see. You will use context to see something one way or another. [1][2] The dress photo is deceptive because of the exposure, levels, and cropping. When some people look at it, they see a lot of light behind it, and subconsciously assume that the dress is probably in shadow. A white-gold dress in shadow would look the way the image does, so their brain says the dress is white and gold. When others look at the dress, they instead see a dress that is illuminated by light probably behind the photographer, or maybe an over-exposure in some other way. Either way the dress is washed-out, and a blue-black dress would look that way if it were washed out. So their brain says the dress is blue and black. In reality the dress is blue-black, but the photograph is essentially an optical illusion. Within the context of the photograph only, both ways are valid. You can even switch the way you see it if you can get your brain to "reset" the assumptions it's making about the image. For those of you seeing white-gold, try looking at an upside-down version of the image. [3] Here is an image that might do a better job at demonstrating what I'm trying to convey. [4] [1] http://lesswrong.com/lw/290/blue_and_yellowtinted_choices/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/290/blue_and_yellowtinted_choices/ [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checker_shadow_illusion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checker_shadow_illusion [3] http://s4.photobucket.com/user/ometauru/media/YNOPKWp_zpstcvt2hqd.png.html http://s4.photobucket.com/user/ometauru/media/YNOPKWp_zpstcv... [4] http://i.imgur.com/9N4KNLn.jpg http://i.imgur.com/9N4KNLn.jpg

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Your brain does a lot of work when you look at things. You don't perceive exactly what your eyes see. You will use context to see something one way or another. [1][2] The dress photo is deceptive because of the exposure, levels, and cropping. When some people look at it, they see a lot of light behind it, and subconsciously assume that the dress is probably in shadow. A white-gold dress in shadow would look the way the image does, so their brain says the dress is white and gold. When others look at the dress, they instead see a dress that is illuminated by light probably behind the photographer, or maybe an over-exposure in some other way. Either way the dress is washed-out, and a blue-black dress would look that way if it were washed out. So their brain says the dress is blue and black. In reality the dress is blue-black, but the photograph is essentially an optical illusion. Within the context of the photograph only, both ways are valid. You can even switch the way you see it if you can get your brain to "reset" the assumptions it's making about the image. For those of you seeing white-gold, try looking at an upside-down version of the image. [3] Here is an image that might do a better job at demonstrating what I'm trying to convey. [4] [1] http://lesswrong.com/lw/290/blue_and_yellowtinted_choices/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/290/blue_and_yellowtinted_choices/ [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checker_shadow_illusion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checker_shadow_illusion [3] http://s4.photobucket.com/user/ometauru/media/YNOPKWp_zpstcvt2hqd.png.html http://s4.photobucket.com/user/ometauru/media/YNOPKWp_zpstcv... [4] http://i.imgur.com/9N4KNLn.jpg http://i.imgur.com/9N4KNLn.jpg