What color are you seeing on this dress?

[Maia Gabrial]

The color of this dress on Amazon seems to be driving people crazy because not everyone is seeing the same colors.

The image quickly went viral with some saying the dress is blue and black while others insist it’s white and gold. But how can this be?

Many have theorized the cones and rods in our eyes cause some people to see blue and black while others will see white and gold. But the jury is still out on the official explanation.

Attachment 29102
Roman Women’s Lace Detail Bodycon Dress Royal Blue (Amazon)

The dress can be found on Amazon and is listed as “royal blue,” which likely proves the over exposure of the viral image is what’s causing the disagreement.For more of the story: http://fox2now.com/2015/02/26/what-c...rs-blue-black/

When I adjusted the position of my laptop back, it became black and blue. When I adjusted it forward, it became white and gold. So, I'm seeing both. Too weird!

Any explanations?

[Eikoor21]

I love you. That is all <3

[Nat_Lee]

Posted by Maia Gabrial (here)
The color of this dress on Amazon seems to be driving people crazy because not everyone is seeing the same colors.

The image quickly went viral with some saying the dress is blue and black while others insist it’s white and gold. But how can this be?

Many have theorized the cones and rods in our eyes cause some people to see blue and black while others will see white and gold. But the jury is still out on the official explanation.

Attachment 29102
Roman Women’s Lace Detail Bodycon Dress Royal Blue (Amazon)

The dress can be found on Amazon and is listed as “royal blue,” which likely proves the over exposure of the viral image is what’s causing the disagreement.For more of the story: http://fox2now.com/2015/02/26/what-c...rs-blue-black/

When I adjusted the position of my laptop back, it became black and blue. When I adjusted it forward, it became white and gold. So, I'm seeing both. Too weird!

Any explanations?

Hi !

I maybe dont understand what you whant to demonstrate ...
Tell me if I'm wrong ?

but it seems to me that it is two identical dress but one is black and bleue(bottom) and the other one is white and gold (top).


Love to you !
Nat

[DeDukshyn]

Huh???

Maybe some people have really poorly calibrated monitors ... its a black and blue dress in both pics ... my monitor is somewhat calibrated for accuracy.

Well, at least that is what I see with my calibrated monitor

[grannyfranny100]

Apple has the best monitors, that is why they are used by so many people in the arts.

[Snowflower]

That's interesting. I also saw one of each.

[seehas]

That has to do with the eyes not with the monitor, ive opened this thread and saw the first dress picture in white gold the second blue black then when i read all posts i scrolled back on top and now both are blue black.

Crazy stuff

[dim]

1st pic: black/blue
2nd pic: black/blue


calibrated monitor

[Snoweagle]

I think we can all agree this is an optical illusion and dependant on our own optical acuity and indeed the transport of technology. Hardly rocket science.

Colour blindness:
http://brainden.com/color-blindness-tests.htm
Visual illusions:
http://sharpbrains.com/blog/2010/10/...ual-illusions/

As can be seen in the original photo the dress is daylight backlit, with that same sunshine lighting the foreground (behind the camera) of the dress, so the dress is illuminated by a bright yellow pastel (by example) reflecting back onto the dress (the subject).

And this went viral? - face palm

[MorningFox]

I thought it was just a monitor thing, but it isn't. I looked at this image on my phone this morning and saw white and gold. Then I got into the office and saw the image on the big screen looking obviously black and blue.

So I went back on my phone and looked at the same image I'd seen earlier as white and gold, and it now looks black and blue.

Half of our office are seeing it has black/blue and the other still see white/gold

Very strange

[Violet]

So now they best put not only the colour it has in the picture while on sale but also the colour it will be when it arrives in the mail.

[Flash]

As usual, I am abnormal (as if you were all normal other Avalonians here - giggle)

The first pic here is pale blue and gold for me, and the second royal blue and black

So.... what does it make me?

[MorningFox]

Posted by Flash (here)
As usual, I am abnormal (as if you were all normal other Avalonians here - giggle)

The first pic here is pale blue and gold for me, and the second royal blue and black

So.... what does it make me?

The same as everyone else. Come back later and look at the picture again, it may (or may not) look different!

[crosby]

Posted by seehas (here)
That has to do with the eyes not with the monitor, ive opened this thread and saw the first dress picture in white gold the second blue black then when i read all posts i scrolled back on top and now both are blue black.

Crazy stuff

seehas that is what happened to me too! very crazy stuff.....
warmest,
crosby

[Ernie Nemeth]

that is strange because it is for sure white and gold, and it is not changing colors

[Snowflower]

Posted by Snoweagle (here)
I think we can all agree this is an optical illusion and dependant on our own optical acuity and indeed the transport of technology. Hardly rocket science.

Colour blindness:
http://brainden.com/color-blindness-tests.htm
Visual illusions:
http://sharpbrains.com/blog/2010/10/...ual-illusions/

As can be seen in the original photo the dress is daylight backlit, with that same sunshine lighting the foreground (behind the camera) of the dress, so the dress is illuminated by a bright yellow pastel (by example) reflecting back onto the dress (the subject).

And this went viral? - face palm

Snoweagle, you might want to slow down a little before putting face in Palm. There is clearly something more than the setting going on, as is obvious when reading the rest of the posts herein.

The two dresses remain consistently gold and white in the first, black and blue in the second to my eyes.

[DNA]

My take on the media blitz given this topic. It is a psy op. And the message being given to the masses at this time is DON'T TRUST WHAT YOU SEE. This makes me wonder what is coming down the pipe.

[Carmody]

It's a simple brightness vs contrast issue, combined with rod/cone brightness sensitivity, and the given person's iris dilation, and that combined with the level of glucose that is secreted in the given individual eyeball (which varies throughout the day and with energy levels), the glucose that energizes their rods/cones. Then the rod/cone concentration in the given eye, and the color sensitivity rod/cone distribution/mix/ratio in the given individual eye.

The combination of these things, is different for each individual's eyeballs. No two are exactly alike, but follow the basic genetic material and pattern they were born from/with.

There is nothing unusual here, this is normal stuff, run of the mill stuff.

[Carmody]

Posted by Flash (here)
As usual, I am abnormal (as if you were all normal other Avalonians here - giggle)

The first pic here is pale blue and gold for me, and the second royal blue and black

So.... what does it make me?

It makes you a female of the human species , all normal.

The females are largely incapable of being color blind, whereas 10% of the males of the species carry a color blindness gene. Women, in general terms, see many more shades of red and some women see into the near ultraviolet.

Long story.

The pale blue instead of white, is a contrast control issue for the CCD of the given cheap camera and it's native calibration. The contrast of the given image capture hit the limits of the camera lensing, CCD and iris/exposure/f-stop/gamma/color channels/bit depth/software/etc. This sum total issue caused a subtle blue hue to appear in the white dress with the gold inter-spaced. For that particular camera in that exact and specific occurrence.

This is all normal camera stuff. This is all normal eyeball stuff.

[MorningFox]

Posted by Carmody (here)
There is nothing unusual here, this is normal stuff, run of the mill stuff.

It's absolutely unusual. We saw two totally different colour combinations on one image, of course that is unusual....

Stop sucking the fun out!