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Quixote1818

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

Reply to Hissyspit (Reply #11)

Sun Mar 1, 2015, 07:45 PM

Mar 2015

That's the whole point of why it got attention. In reality it's a dark blue dress, the lousy exposure makes it look like a light blue dress but it can give the impression of being white to a lot of folks do to the way their brains decide to process the scene.

The video does a wonderful job discussing why people see if differently.

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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