Dress Color Test

Here s why people see pink and white and some see grey and teal.

Dress color test. Tumblr user swiked uploaded this image and there s a lot of debate about the color of the dress. Then head to a dark room for half an hour before looking at the dress there on a black background or just never. The sneaker color test is back with a left brain vs right brain twist.

The dress is a photograph that became a viral internet sensation on 26 february 2015 when viewers disagreed over whether the dress pictured was coloured black and royal blue or white and gold. People who assume that the dress is in shadow that is basking in blue light will usually see it as yellow presumably because their brains are subconsciously subtracting blue from the scene to take the shadow into account. To put the idea to the test look at the dress on a page with a white background.

The color you see on the dress depends on the unconscious assumptions your brain makes about the light shining on it. The phenomenon revealed differences in human colour perception which have been the subject of ongoing scientific investigations into neuroscience and vision science with a number of papers published. This image was taken by storm when a user under the name swiked posted a picture of this dress on tumblr.

So let s settle this.