Black and Blue or White and Gold Dress Illusion TikTok Gold Beaded Dress Etsy The Infamous Dress Optical Illusion: Gold and White or Black and Blue 10 years ago, a simple photograph of a dress sparked a global debate unlike anything seen online before. Posted in 2015, the image caused people to argue intensely over whether the dress How "The Dress" Became an Illusion Unlike Any Other Scientific American 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