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[–] WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social 8 points 3 months ago

This is flicking between white and gold and black and blue each time I scroll past it.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

it was obviously blue and yellow.

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[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Ten years? I remember clearly that I argued about this on my friends mailing list

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[–] MattTheProgrammer@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

I still only see white/gold even though the actual dress was black/blue

[–] kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago

It's strange. I'm wearing sunglasses right now and it looks white and gold but when I take them off it looks blue and black.

[–] goofystench@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

ARE YOU FR? WHO REMEMBERES THIS? IS THIS A SARCASTIC POST??? SAY SIKE OP

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The blue of the dress is pretty obvious, the black details are a different, golden hue due to ambient light. I "know" it's black, but it looks dark gold

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[–] Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (4 children)

It's pale blue and gold, right?

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

I stuck my foot in my mouth about this dress. It was about a year later, and I didn't realize it had been proven to be black and blue, and I said something snarky when someone I liked said it was black and blue. I was so sure it was gold and white, I made an ass of myself.

[–] Ilixtze@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

color constancy was not "first investigated" just ten years ago.

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[–] penguin202124@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I can sort of change it. Probably just my TN monitor though.

[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

This was always the real trick. If you have a laptop you can probably tilt your screen to make it change between the two. What angle you use your screen at affects your perception.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I see it obviously blue black, but I have some specific accessibility related colour filters on my screen that might influence this.

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[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

The lighter color looks like a blue-ish white, but I can't see anything other than gold for the stripes.

[–] MemmingenFan923@feddit.org 6 points 3 months ago

There was also this bro science take, which is debunked:

When you see white and gold you are happy and when you see black and blue you are depressed.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 6 points 3 months ago

Black and blue. You blind.

[–] themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah, the gold and white dress. I remember some people were acting crazy saying it is blue and white.

[–] meme_caster@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

jokes aside the actual dress was blue and black

[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 5 points 3 months ago

It was always black and blue, but I've always found it fun to switch back and forth between which color combination it was. It was also a fun phenomena, but I don't like that it was ten years+ ago now. Time moves a bit too fast.

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