I See White and Gold, but the Dress Taught Me How We Shape Our Own Reality by Shaant A Culturated Medium Is The Dress blue and black or white and gold? The answer lies in vision psychology Psychology The Guardian A decade ago, The Dress united and divided us. It couldn't happen now. Poynter 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