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 The brain's dress code: How The Dress allows to decode the neuronal pathway of an optical illusion ScienceDirect This cartoon is the simplest explanation of the color changing dress Vox Mini Dresses Shop Short Dresses Outcast USA The Dress Explained Color Theory TikTok ELI5:Why does this dress appear white gold to some people and black blue to others? : r explainlikeimfive