ELI5:Why does this dress appear white gold to some people and black blue to others? : r explainlikeimfive Levitating Dua Lipa Blue Dress TikTok What I never understood was if some folk saw the original dress as white gold & some saw it as black blue then how do side by side images like this exist showing them as two This Might Explain Why That Dress Looks Blue And Black, And White And Gold 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 Levitating Dua Lipa Blue Dress TikTok