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Published February 26, 2025

Ten years since the "what colour is this dress?" debate took over the internet. Do you still see white and gold?

White/gold dress via X

A decade has passed since people argued over the colour of a dress and nearly wrecked the internet.

On February 26, 2015, someone posted a picture of a dress; depending on who you were, you saw something different than others.

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Many people saw a white dress with gold trim, while others saw a blue dress with black trim.

People got passionate about it! Families broke up. Friends fought. Neighbours turned against each other.

Okay, I'm just joking about that, but there was a lot of frustration.

It was eventually proven the dress was indeed blue and black, even though a majority saw it differently.

One reason given was that it was an optical illusion caused by weird lighting and an overexposed background. There's a chance you still see white and gold.

Feature image: Left-The original image of the dress. Right- catalogue picture of it's true colour VIA X

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