What the Blue Black White Gold Dress Tells Us About How We View Color Jerry's Artarama 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 turned 11 and it's STILL white and gold PERIOD. Eleven years later the color swatches are right there and people who see blue and black are proving your eyes lie The dress of many colours: is it blue and black or white and gold?