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 The Dress Debate SETTLED: Black And Blue Or White And Gold? TODAY Pin by B D on Awesome White gold dress, Yellow and white dress, White dress outfit Louisa Short Jersey Dress Navy Boden USA What I never understood was if some folk saw the original dress as white gold & some saw it as black blue then how do side by side images like this exist showing them as two