The Great Dress Debate: Black and Blue or White and Gold? TikTok Is That Dress White and Gold or Blue and Black? (Published 2015) Blue and black or white and gold? Dress debate turns 10 years old 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 How I Flipped My Brain's View of the Black and Blue Dress Jeff Greenhouse