Blue and Black Dress or Gold and White Explained TikTok The actual dress was black and blue. The confusion came from how lighting and color perception tricked people's brains, making some see it as white and gold. It became a viral example Cleo 1920s Flapper Dress Black & Gold Why the dress is blue (but white to you) a woman in a gold dress on a black background 67867024 Vector Art at Vecteezy In 2015, a photograph of a dress went viral, dividing viewers over whether its colors were blue and black or white and gold. This optical illusion highlighted differences in human color perception