Black & blue or gold & white? Mystery of the dress solved The Economic Times Is That Dress White and Gold or Blue and Black? The New York Times The Dress Illusion WHITE & GOLD BLUE & BLACK Sherri Hill 54912 Dress Sherri Hill Dresses Formal Approach 000 Silver 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 Eleven years ago, a single photo posted on Tumblr sparked one of the biggest internet debates of all time. The dress instantly divided the world, some swore it was white and gold,