This is #TheDress that broke the internet. People all over the world are debating on whether they see a blue dress with black lace or a white one with gold lace.
It all started on Thursday, when Scottish musician Caitlin McNeill posted a picture of this dress on micro-blogging website Tumblr, captioned: “Is this dress white and gold, or blue and black”.
Website Buzzfeed.com shared the picture and the debate began.
Twitter user @nagham wrote: “#TheDress has taken up most of my Friday conversations…”
On Twitter celebrities have weighed in.
Singer, Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) tweeted: “Hold on... So people actually see white and gold?”, while Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) wrote: “I don’t understand this odd dress debate and I feel like it’s a trick somehow... PS it’s OBVIOUSLY BLUE AND BLACK”.
Hold on.... So people actually see white and gold....??!! 😰😱— Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) February 27, 2015
I don't understand this odd dress debate and I feel like it's a trick somehow. I'm confused and scared. PS it's OBVIOUSLY BLUE AND BLACK— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) February 27, 2015
Actress Kat Dennings (@OfficialKat ) tweeted: “THE DRESS IS WHITE AND GOLD and the fact that I don’t see any black in it is making me NUTS!”
@BethBehrs What colors do you see pic.twitter.com/1hJVE7y0MM— Kat Dennings (@OfficialKat) February 27, 2015
Ellen DeGeneres wrote: “From this day on, the world will be divided into two people. Blue & black, or white & gold.”
On Buzzfeed.com, Cedar Riener, associate professor of psychology at Randolph-Macon College, USA, explained why everyone sees a different shade. It’s about how your brain interprets the light coming into your eyes.
Reiner said: “We are always making decisions about the quantity of light that comes into our retina. This light, called luminance is always a combination of how much light is shining on an object and how much it reflects off of the object’s surface…
"In the case of the dress, some people are deciding that there is a fair amount of illumination on a blue and black (or less reflective) dress. Other people are deciding that it is less illumination on a white/gold dress (it is in shadow, but more reflective).”
