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9. Seems the image of the dress has been manipulated . . .

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Sun Mar 1, 2015, 10:05 AM

Mar 2015

as I've seen the "white and gold" version and the "blue and black" one.

That manipulation can done in Photoshop using the multiple adjustment options under the image menu.

It's pretty clever marketing by the company selling the dress as I understand sales have jumped since this whole "gold ad white vs blue and black" controversy has erupted.

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What Colour Is the Dress? Solved [View all] Quixote1818 Feb 2015 OP

There's a third 'team', blueish and gold/brownish PoliticAverse Feb 2015 #1

It looks blueish and gold/brownish to me too. Quixote1818 Feb 2015 #3

I was on the blue/brown team. But i am partly color-blind, very slightly color-blind. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #5

I am also slightly (red/green) colorblind and see the dress as bluish and gold/brownish. n/t PoliticAverse Feb 2015 #6

Blue and brown here! Suich Feb 2015 #2

I still have people saying that they switched the dresses. bravenak Feb 2015 #4

It depended on light and shadow and the inner workings of the camera Warpy Feb 2015 #7

It's fire engine red and carnation pink!!! rofl SummerSnow Feb 2015 #8

Seems the image of the dress has been manipulated . . . brush Mar 2015 #9

Same image and my eyes switched to see both. Neoma Mar 2015 #15

I agree .... N_E_1 for Tennis Mar 2015 #17

This Whole "Controversy" Brought Back a Question I've Always Wondered Leith Mar 2015 #10

I solved it the second I looked at it. Hissyspit Mar 2015 #11

Exactly. No doubt you and I have seen our share of bad photos. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2015 #12

Yes it's a bad photo but people still see it in different colors. Quixote1818 Mar 2015 #18

Overexposed/bad picture. OhZone Mar 2015 #13

Just to let you know jamzrockz Mar 2015 #14

Doesn't look even close to white to me. Quixote1818 Mar 2015 #16

Um… No. Hissyspit Mar 2015 #20

I was amazed that the majority saw ailsagirl Mar 2015 #19

I wonder what the ratio politically is! OhZone Mar 2015 #21