Color scientists explain the dress that went viral RIT Here's why people saw the dress differently. Can you believe its been 10 years already? In 2015, this dress absolutely broke the internet. Some people saw white and gold. Others were convinced it was blue and black. And a decade later? The This explains how the blue black white gold dress illusion was possible. But it doesn't explain why some people saw it one way and some saw it the other, and no one seemed to see Dress drama: Blue and black or white and gold? What's the science? Genetic Literacy Project ELI5:Why does this dress appear white gold to some people and black blue to others? : r explainlikeimfive