Empire Dress in Jacquard Jacquard Mini Dress Amanda Uprichard ELLIATT Women's Designer Clothing & Fashion Elliatt What the Blue Black White Gold Dress Tells Us About How We View Color Jerry's Artarama The Science Behind the Dress Illusion Eyepic Eye Care The Dress: Color debate rages on the Internet East Bay Times 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