Is the dress blue black or white gold? Body Worlds Amsterdam I've been thinking about "the dress" for 10 years. Here's what I've learned. Very original vintage 60s strapless dress, in yellow satin striped with diagonal Black velvet bands, size 36 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