White and Gold or Blue and Black Dress Explained & Busted It's the Dress Debate (but with Politics this time) Even So, Joy 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 Is The Dress blue and black or white and gold? The answer lies in vision psychology Psychology The Guardian Is That Dress White and Gold or Blue and Black? The New York Times