ELI5:Why does this dress appear white gold to some people and black blue to others? : r explainlikeimfive READY MADE Black Gold Renaissance Elizabethan Court Tudor dress costum Matti's Millinery & Costumes 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 Is the dress blue black or white gold? Body Worlds Amsterdam