Why That Dress Looks Blue And Black, And White And Gold
The internet was a twitter a while back of a strange photo and amazingly it did change as I was editing it. Your eyes can play tricks in mind blowing ways. Your eyes change and adjust to slight changes in lighting. Screens refresh have different calibrations. Even the angle you look at your screen can change the color of this dress. below is a catchup for those who haven't seen it.
the photo — taken with a camera phone in poor
lighting — casts the whites in a blue tone and mutes the gold to a
darker color.People who see blue and black are seeing the photo at face value.
People who see gold and white are compensating to the photo’s lighting
and aesthetic.
This brings up the conversation of color perseption Until relatively recently in human history, "blue" didn't exist.
As the delightful Radiolab episode "Colors" describes, ancient languages didn't have a word for blue — not Greek, not Chinese, not Japanese, not Hebrew. And without a word for the color, there's evidence that they may not have seen it at all. Read more here
Blue is also rarely found in nature as a color medium Flowers, minerals etc. Blue things are one of the more valuable items because of rarity.
The internet was a twitter a while back of a strange photo and amazingly it did change as I was editing it. Your eyes can play tricks in mind blowing ways. Your eyes change and adjust to slight changes in lighting. Screens refresh have different calibrations. Even the angle you look at your screen can change the color of this dress. below is a catchup for those who haven't seen it.
guys please help me - is this dress white and gold, or blue and black? Me and my friends can’t agree and we are freaking the fuck outSo I just looked at this like, it’s blue and black obviously and all my friends were like no it’s blue and gold. Now I’m super confused, what is eyesight?
I see it as white and gold. My friend right here sees it as blue and black. I CANT HANDLE THISif that’s not gold my entire life has been a lie
Update: this thing changed color in front of my face. How does that even happen.SPREAD THIS UNTIL IT REACHES NASA WE MUST FIND ANSWERSMy class just had a debate over this. Half sees black and blue, the other half sees gold and white. Someone please explain this…I am seeing Blue and Black, how are people seeing it different? Is there some sort of mind sorcery happening here?! :oOkay, wtf
i just saw it as gold and white which was weird bc earlier it was blue and black so i thought maybe ye were fucking with me but i went to reblog and now its blue and black again?!1?
I AM GOING TO CRY
The official online listing says it's blue and black
the photo — taken with a camera phone in poor
lighting — casts the whites in a blue tone and mutes the gold to a
darker color.People who see blue and black are seeing the photo at face value.
People who see gold and white are compensating to the photo’s lighting
and aesthetic.  |
Here’s the dress with the blue-toned light taken out — a little color correction
But then again, you can correct the photo in other ways
and come to an entirely different conclusion.
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As the delightful Radiolab episode "Colors" describes, ancient languages didn't have a word for blue — not Greek, not Chinese, not Japanese, not Hebrew. And without a word for the color, there's evidence that they may not have seen it at all. Read more here
Blue is also rarely found in nature as a color medium Flowers, minerals etc. Blue things are one of the more valuable items because of rarity.
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