ELI5:Why does this dress appear white gold to some people and black blue to others? : r explainlikeimfive Color scientists explain the dress that went viral RIT 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 Is that dress blue & black or white & gold? Matilda's Lab