Navy Blue Long Prom Dress with Gold Sequins PromGirl Is the dress blue black or white gold? Body Worlds Amsterdam The Dress Illusion WHITE & GOLD BLUE & BLACK Neuroscientists Explain Discrepancy Behind "The Dress" Illusion The Dress Optical Illusion: Blue and Black or White and Gold 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