swanprincess Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Is anyone else slightly bemused by this blue and black (or white and gold?!) dress that appears to have gone viral? http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-31659395 Out of interest, what colour do you see it as? It's definitely blue & black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2dancersmum Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 White and gold for me mostly and blue and black for DD. Having said that it has cropped up on my newsfeed so often and sometimes I see it as blue and black instead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I saw it as a very pale blue and gold!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Blue and black, but then half a minute later looked again and it was white and gold. Had another look tonight and it's blue and black again. (This has to stop !!!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 There was a split along gender lines in our family: white and gold for my daughter and me and blue and black for my son and husband. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2dancersmum Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Apparently the real dress is blue and black. Its from Roman Originals and is on their website 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 But is there any explanation as to why one would see it as blue/black then white/gold within a matter of seconds without any change in light/screen etc ? Seriously, I question my sanity at the best of times, but this is winding me up ! Anyway as an aside I've just been giggling over a Sergei Polunin/Take me to Church parody I saw on facebook (a guy in his underpants dancing around his garage...) and I've also heard on the news that owls have been attacking people in the Netherlands.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 50 Shades of Grey black/blue/white/gold 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I have never seen it as white and gold - to me it looks blue, with black lace (although the lace towards the top looks dark bronze). Apparently the majority of people have said it is white and gold, including my dh and his colleagues. Dd and I see it as blue with black/brown lace. Something to do with light sensitivity and rods & cones, apparently! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Autumn days Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 White and gold. What I don't understand, though, is if people see this dress differently how come we aren't always arguing about the colour of things? Do the people who see blue where I see white in this dress always see blue when i see white? Now, I know that can't be the case so why is this dress any different? I'm sure there must be plenty of white and gold tutus out there!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regattah Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 My dh has just taken (too much) delight in telling me that, according to The Times, emotional state comes into it. Apparently, because I saw it incorrectly, as white and gold, I'm more suggestible, powerless and gullible. I'm doubting myself over everything now! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Black and Blue, and here: http://www.romanoriginals.co.uk/ And about to be made in Gold and White? http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/style/560897/The-dress-black-blue-gold-white-Roman-Originals 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Oh gosh this is really weird!!! I just see white and gold .....and can't get black and blue no matter how much I stare!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Well there is a faint bluish tinge to the white but the gold is the gold!! I know nothing of the story of this as don't do twitter but will have to look it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTL Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 See the BBC iplayer, "Newsnight" of 27th February, a scientist explains how ambient light affects colour perception. It's about 20 minutes in, then at the end of the programme you also get an excerpt from "In the middle, somewhat elevated" which English National Ballet are about to perform at Sadler's Wells. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b054302t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2dancersmum Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 well Roman Originals are making the most of the free publicity. I went past our local branch today and its in the window display as "The Dress" and is being worn by the shop assistants. After seeing it for real it is incredible how changing light can affect how we see things. I knew under street lights colours were different but did not know bright sunlight could change perception so much. I still see white and gold or very pale blue and gold in the photo and yet I have seen the real dress with my own eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 To those who see white and gold, is it proper bright gold? Like the gold of jewellery? Or dark, like bronze? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 It's a darkish gold (and the white has a blueish tinge). I can certainly see the black and blue colours of the 'normal' photograph. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 To be honest I thought this was a sort of hoax and that they were putting out two different piccies....one white and gold the other black and blue! HOWEVER when I asked my partner what he saw.....who knew nothing about this at all...he immediately said black and blue. We were looking at the SAME picture in the SAME room. He said the black was more like a dark charcoal grey but definitely couldn't see gold!! The shade of the gold is darkish what I call "old gold" and I have a carpet in another room a similar colour( and talking about colour shades there's a whole story to be told about that carpet!!) Does anybody see both sets of colours using the same photograph? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 When I look at the original article published I can definitely see the original colours black and blue very clearly......they are quite strong colours too.....so don't really understand why I see white and gold in the original post here And Thankyou Swanprincess for posting this! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melody Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 (edited) I've only ever seen gold, never black, in the original photo. The other colour is a sort of pale blue to me, but I assumed it was white in some sort of shadow because that went better with the gold than a pale blue would have. Having seen the dress on the designer's website, where it's obviously deep blue and black, I should think that the original photo was pretty over-exposed. Edited March 1, 2015 by Melody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonty Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 (edited) When I look at the original article published I can definitely see the original colours black and blue very clearly......they are quite strong colours too.....so don't really understand why I see white and gold in the original post here And Thankyou Swanprincess for posting this! This is interesting. i agree, when I saw the article yestereday, I had no problem at all seeing that it was blue and black. I showed it to several other people, including my husband, and they agreed with me. Likewise, on the website, it is very obviously a very strong blue and black. The dress comes in other colours, and I can see quite clearly what colours they are supposed to be. However, in the link that Swanprincess posted, the picture shows only a part of the dress, which is not being worn by a model, and both my husband and I say that it looks white and gold i.e the bits that should be blue show up as white, and the black lacy bits show up as gold. So, are we all looking at the same pictures?? Edited March 1, 2015 by Fonty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 It's a darkish gold (and the white has a blueish tinge). I can certainly see the black and blue colours of the 'normal' photograph. That's how I see it in the picture in the link too. I've just had a look at the Roman Originals website and it is definitely blue and black on there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 When dd showed me the picture and asked me what colour I thought it was, I said pale blue and brown. Haven't heard of anyone else thinking it's brown - AAAArghhh, what's wrong with me!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Hmmm still not completely convinced this isn't some sort of hoax......just a month early!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2dancersmum Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 I don't think its a hoax - I think Melody probably hit the nail on the head by saying the original photo is probably overexposed - though angle of sunlight can play funny tricks. I gather this started with friends looking back at photos taken at a wedding they both went to and I would guess it is any reproductions of this original photograph that can fool people into thinking it is gold and white or pale blue rather than professional studio shots or catalogue shots. I think swanprincess link is to the original photo. DH and DD saw that as black and blue - I saw white and gold but having seen the dress on a person with my own eyes in the bright sunlight this weekend I can confirm that it was black and blue and the light played no tricks to fool my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 It's white and gold. My husband says it is blue and black, but I know my colours???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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