Colette CL5105 Dress Colette Dresses Formal Approach 0 Red Is the dress blue black or white gold? Body Worlds Amsterdam Proof that THE DRESS is Black and Blue NOT White and Gold YouTube Is the dress blue or gold? The phenomenon originated in a photograph of a dress posted on Facebook in 2015. The dress was black and blue, but the conditions of the photograph 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