it was blue and black this morning, blue and black this afternoon and it's still flipping blue and black.......that's me done 
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
it was blue and black this morning, blue and black this afternoon and it's still flipping blue and black.......that's me done
At last..! The sanity cavalry has arrived 
Why would I have thought anything different of you two/three 
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
it was blue and black this morning, blue and black this afternoon and it's still flipping blue and black.......that's me done
I'm wasting my life away being jealous of you blue/black folk. 
Originally Posted by Baz:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
it was blue and black this morning, blue and black this afternoon and it's still flipping blue and black.......that's me done
Ditto Except it's more sort of khaki than black
yep, slightly lighter than black..but black for easiness
Originally Posted by Ducky:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
it was blue and black this morning, blue and black this afternoon and it's still flipping blue and black.......that's me done
I'm wasting my life away being jealous of you blue/black folk.
Nah, we are equal Ducky, they just see colours like we do (not specific colours mind)
Originally Posted by Ducky:
I'm wasting my life away being jealous of you blue/black folk.
Baz is also seeing khaki (that's green for the envious) 
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
it was blue and black this morning, blue and black this afternoon and it's still flipping blue and black.......that's me done
It's never changed for me either
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Baz:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
it was blue and black this morning, blue and black this afternoon and it's still flipping blue and black.......that's me done
Ditto Except it's more sort of khaki than black
yep, slightly lighter than black..but black for easiness
Washed out black, I'd say. One too many washes in Aerial on a boil wash.
Originally Posted by Ducky:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
it was blue and black this morning, blue and black this afternoon and it's still flipping blue and black.......that's me done
I'm wasting my life away being jealous of you blue/black folk.
you see what you see Ducky it's not changed one iota after looking several times throughout the day 
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Baz:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
it was blue and black this morning, blue and black this afternoon and it's still flipping blue and black.......that's me done
Ditto Except it's more sort of khaki than black
yep, slightly lighter than black..but black for easiness
Washed out black, I'd say. One too many washes in Aerial on a boil wash.
perfectly explained Cosi
Originally Posted by Aimee:
Apparently it's to do with how your eyes see things 
if you see blue and black you have day eyesight if you see the other colour you have night eyesight
if you see blue and black you have day eyesight if you see the other colour you have night eyesightWell I see blue and green, so what kind of eyesight do I have? 
earlier white and gold but now blue and black
Originally Posted by Rosgirl:
earlier white and gold but now blue and black
See, white and gold earlier, but a blue hue and gold now
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
perfectly explained Cosi
I speak from harrowing washing day disaster experiences.
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
perfectly explained Cosi
I speak from harrowing washing day disaster experiences.
I knew what you meant, I wonder why
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
perfectly explained Cosi
I speak from harrowing washing day disaster experiences.
Originally Posted by pirate1111:
Originally Posted by Kaffs:
I saw that on FB last night - I can only see white/gold. I feel cheated.
and me...why would anyone think its blue/black?
i dont understand
it is blue/black
Well apparently the REAL colours are Royal Blue and black.
Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:
Well apparently the REAL colours are Royal Blue and black.
I knew that 
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:
Well apparently the REAL colours are Royal Blue and black.
I knew that
so did I
Doncha just hate them!
Right, I saw this earlier today on facebook. It was 100% definitely white and gold No doubt about it. Then I clicked into this thread and thought 'that's a bad picture of it' because then it was a creamy colour and after reading a few comments I scrolled back up to the pic and it was flipping blue and black!!!
I'm getting lilac and olive now 
One of my son's sees black and blue and the other white and gold.
Originally Posted by Ducky:
I'm really frustrated! I see white and gold but want to see blue and black 
I've tried everything! Squinting, turning sideways, squishing my eyes in a very dangerous manner, and the damn thing is just determined to be gold. 
Kaffs miraculous 24 hour change has given me hope though.
I saw it on FB last night and though my niece was on a wind up. All last night, all day today - here, on FB, on various sites - white and gold. Tonight, after dinner, white and gold. Then scrolled up and black and blue .. and on all the other sites too. Guess what? It's white and gold again now.
I'm just going to scroll back up....
nope, still white and gold.
I feel I've let you down, Duckster.. sorry.
Lilac and brown !!
Its blue and a washed out black / charcoal How people can see it as white and gold is amazing 
Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:
Well apparently the REAL colours are Royal Blue and black.
http://www.romanoriginals.co.uk/invt/70931
(Click on the blue sample box to the right of the dress.)
Originally Posted by Eugene's Lair:
Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:
Well apparently the REAL colours are Royal Blue and black.
http://www.romanoriginals.co.uk/invt/70931
(Click on the blue sample box to the right of the dress.)
The colours look much more vibrant there
The first thing to say is that it's a really bad photo!
Secondly, after seeing that website I'm understanding the confusion a bit better. I saw the real dress on the BBC and under the studio lights it looked very blue, however from the website image it looks like it can catch the sunlight which would explain why I'm seeing it a lot paler in the photo.
It's really interesting how you can see it differently each time you look at it.
It's partly down to lighting, but also the colours around the photo (which is why it can appear differently if you see it on different browsers or websites).
the first time I saw it, it definitely looked a "blue" white and gold, although I suspect that may have been "planted" in my head by, for example, this thread's title. Most of the time I see it as lilac and bronze or sometimes olive.
Sometimes the lower part of the dress appears a grey-blue and black/charcoal (unlike the OP, a lot of the news sites crop the bottom of the photo).
Here are some older optical illusions that work in the same way:
EL, I agree with you that the picture I posted was not a good photo but it was the photo that got people around the world talking about it. The pictures of the dress in the article I linked to showed the same picture but also better pictures of the dress which are more obviously blue and black.
Apparently if you tilt your screen forward and back it changes the colours - it definitely lightens the shades for me but I still can't see white and gold.
I think we should round up and quarantine the white and gold peeps as they're obviously aliens from another planet
One thing did occur to me, I know its all to do with cones and receptors in the eye. Is it affected by eye colour, I see it as blue and black, I have blue eyes so therefore less pigment in my eyes. Do people with more pigment, ie brown eyes see it as white and gold or am I completely barking up the wrong tree?
Originally Posted by squiggle:
One thing did occur to me, I know its all to do with cones and receptors in the eye. Is it affected by eye colour, I see it as blue and black, I have blue eyes so therefore less pigment in my eyes. Do people with more pigment, ie brown eyes see it as white and gold or am I completely barking up the wrong tree?
Not for me Squiggle - I've got brown eyes and see blue and black
OMG, it was blue and black all day yesterday and today it's the same
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien:
Originally Posted by squiggle:
One thing did occur to me, I know its all to do with cones and receptors in the eye. Is it affected by eye colour, I see it as blue and black, I have blue eyes so therefore less pigment in my eyes. Do people with more pigment, ie brown eyes see it as white and gold or am I completely barking up the wrong tree?
Not for me Squiggle - I've got brown eyes and see blue and black
Darn it another theory up in smoke
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien:
Apparently if you tilt your screen forward and back it changes the colours - it definitely lightens the shades for me but I still can't see white and gold.
I think we should round up and quarantine the white and gold peeps as they're obviously aliens from another planet
It was white and gold this morning... I just did the tilt screen thing, kept watching and 'caught' it when it was darkest - put the screen back and now it's staying blue and black again.. so I guess I 'unfooled' my eyes. I know it's something scientific to do with the light that I can't understand, but it's still doing my head in...