How we interpret the shading in the image has an impact, hence turning the brightness up and down changing the colour as well. This classic image is quite interesting too.
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A and B are same but try telling your brain
I see it as white and gold, but over a period of a couple of seconds It changes to blue black. Weird to see it fade like that, I've tried it on a couple of computers so it must be my brain doing weird things.
If it helps the debate crankygirl and I are sat next to each other on the sofa looking at the same image on three different devices she sees white and gold I see blue and black.
This was mention on R2 news. What a state the world is in that it reaches the news. Why on earth are people ****ting on to people they have nothing in common with or sticking it on web pages that are about showing the family in NZ what the bay looks like.
Wanders of to find a beer totally bemused by the pathetic state of the world
Okaaaaayyyy...
Now just like Mr_C I am a little bit weirded out by that.
Earlier today all I saw was white and gold. Just been watching Newsnight and it was White and Gold. Saw this thread and it was white and gold.
And then I read the post about scrolling
scrolled back to OP and now is black and blue!!!
Very very strange
All though yesterday I was interpreting the dress as white and gold, it was obviously a bluey white and a browny gold, but I guess I assumed it was like that due a shadows etc. Then suddenly in the evening it switched on me and it was like a different photo. Very weird at the time, but an understandable effect. Amazing how quickly it went viral across the globe.
It's because you've seen the over exposed version and your brain is displaying the info correct. I always seen white and gold(the whites being slightly light blue, like it's a white dress with the colour balance being off). but when i see the correctly exposed dark version and look at the original again, it looks more obviously an under exposed dark blue and black dress. I need to then look at a pure white underexposed version to be able to see it as white and gold again.mazz - Member
Okaaaaayyyy...
Now just like Mr_C I am a little bit weirded out by that.
Earlier today all I saw was white and gold. Just been watching Newsnight and it was White and Gold. Saw this thread and it was white and gold.
And then I read the post about scrolling
scrolled back to OP and now is black and blue!!!Very very strange
When I first played about with the exposure in photoshop (it's actually just the gamma slider you need to play with) it opened up and W+G, move the slider B+B, but if I revert the file back to original it'll look faded B+B.
From [url= http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/may/14/thedress-have-researchers-solved-the-mystery-of-its-colour ]this article[/url], they've been researching it... although this video seems to be all they've managed to come up with so far.