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Pyromaniac

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Re: What color is this dress?

Omg it's teh brightness ur all nionbs go to 1st grade XDDDOSANODASNDOASNOD

Actually, its not the brightness. That definitely can have SOME affect on it, This is the most concise and definitive explanation I've seen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AskAQwOBvhc

Basically, the reason we are seeing different colors is because of the ambiguity of the background. Since we are so close to the dress, our brains have to fill in the background. Those of us who see the background as an outdoor/blue setting see the dress as white and gold. Those who assume it is in a store with yellowish, artificial lighting, see it as black and blue. Its called color constancy.

Kamekthemagician

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Re: What color is this dress?

Guys, the correct answer is this: The dress is black with dark blue lines.

Some people (like me) see it golden and light blue or white, other people see it dark blue and black.

I don´t know how to explain it in english, but it happens because our eyes send a wrong image to our brains.

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gkaby

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Re: What color is this dress?

This reminds me of other color illusions.

The main greys of a and b in this picture are the same color

the greys of a and b in this picture are the same color

cant really tell but i assume the squares are the same color

this picture looks red but is actually green-yellow

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Onjit

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Re: What color is this dress?

this picture looks red but is actually green-yellow

okmr i think you're trying to trick us with this one.

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some woman

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Re: What color is this dress?

this picture looks red but is actually green-yellow

okmr i think you're trying to trick us with this one.

i think they were all tricks O-O

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Onjit

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Re: What color is this dress?

this picture looks red but is actually green-yellow

okmr i think you're trying to trick us with this one.

i think they were all tricks O-O

I can believe the others.

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Ratburntro44

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Re: What color is this dress?

Guys, the correct answer is this: The dress is black with dark blue lines.

Some people (like me) see it golden and light blue or white, other people see it dark blue and black.

I don´t know how to explain it in english, but it happens because our eyes send a wrong image to our brains.

The dress is black with dark blue, but the image itself (due to lighting+camera+whatever else) is grey-orange-brown (varying throughout) and pale-ish blue, which can easily be confirmed with a computer. Seeing white/gold or dark blue/black are both your mind changing it, just one happens to be in a way that corrects the bad picture.

colon

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Re: What color is this dress?

No stop quoting that post, I edited it >_>

okay

My eyes and this color picker thing says lilac and gold but I was able to make it look black and blue by sitting waayyy down in my chair and tilting the screen back. Also works on my phone.

Holy crap, this works. Though when I look at the screen normally it becomes white and gold again.

edit: Okay now I can see both without having to tilt the screen.

it works with turning your gamma all the way down too

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