Show that same patch on a neutral black background and I bet it would appear orange." He ran it through Photoshop, too, and now figures that the dress is actually blue and orange. The point is ...

Some people saw a blue and black dress ... the overall appearance of the graded background (orange to brown to black bars) looks darker than when you look at the upper part of the figure.

“The blue and black are reflecting enough light to scale up to white and gold with the overexposure. What little you can see of the background shows this overexposure (and that overexposure has ...

It makes the blue part look white and black part ... the overall appearance of the graded background (orange to brown to black bars) looks darker than when you look at the upper part of the ...

Is the background bright and the dress in shadow ... your brain may perceive the dress as a darker blue and black. What’s the Answer? Other photographs show that the dress is actually blue ...

with most seeing the blue and black color. Dr. Sarah Klibanoff, a board certified optometrist told TODAY, it’s all about how your brain perceives the background lighting of the photo.

Whether you saw the above dress as blue and black ... before looking at the dress there on a black background – or just never come back, and avoid the whole argument.