What colour is this dress?
Poll: What colour is this dress?
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http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27048-what-c...
Now we covered the important things, can we move on to some lighter topics
Is Nigel Farage 'Purple Tie' actual Red or Blue?
Edited by Martin4x4 on Sunday 1st March 08:25
Condi said:
I disagree. The actual dress is made from black and blue fabric. Its been black and blue in every f
king picture I seen of it. The maker of the dress says it black and blue.
Ergo, logic would point to the fact its black and fking blue, unless anyone can point to any evidence I can verify with my own eyes to the contrary.
But that's not the point. Yes, the dress that the photograph is taken of is black and blue - it's been confirmed by the manufacturer and isn't open to debate. However, what people are debating is what colour they *see* when they view the photograph, accepting that the photograph is not a true representation of the actual dress but instead one step removed. king picture I seen of it. The maker of the dress says it black and blue. Ergo, logic would point to the fact its black and f
king blue, unless anyone can point to any evidence I can verify with my own eyes to the contrary. Once you accept that, then it becomes patently ridiculous to tell somebody they are "wrong" when they tell you that, despite knowing the dress itself is black and blue, what they themselves *see* in the photograph of it is white and gold.
Martin4x4 said:
Good article. Thanks for linking that - it sums things up very well. 
Edited by JonRB on Sunday 1st March 08:38
Condi said:
I disagree. The actual dress is made from black and blue fabric. Its been black and blue in every fking picture I seen of it. The maker of the dress says it black and blue.
Ergo, logic would point to the fact its black and fking blue, unless anyone can point to any evidence I can verify with my own eyes to the contrary.
Well given I have near perfect eyesight and it's clearly not black and blue you'll just have to take my word for it. And get down the opticians too. king picture I seen of it. The maker of the dress says it black and blue. Ergo, logic would point to the fact its black and f
king blue, unless anyone can point to any evidence I can verify with my own eyes to the contrary. okgo said:
Condi said:
I disagree. The actual dress is made from black and blue fabric. Its been black and blue in every fking picture I seen of it. The maker of the dress says it black and blue.
Ergo, logic would point to the fact its black and fking blue, unless anyone can point to any evidence I can verify with my own eyes to the contrary.
Well given I have near perfect eyesight and it's clearly not black and blue you'll just have to take my word for it. And get down the opticians too. king picture I seen of it. The maker of the dress says it black and blue. Ergo, logic would point to the fact its black and f
king blue, unless anyone can point to any evidence I can verify with my own eyes to the contrary. okgo said:
Well given I have near perfect eyesight and it's clearly not black and blue you'll just have to take my word for it. And get down the opticians too.
You seem very certain given the dress is blue and black. I think this has more to do with perception and how the brain works than with visual acuity. It is an interesting example showing how people "see" things differently. Try zooming in on predominantly single coloured parts of the dress and see if your perception of its colour changes.
kambites said:
StottyEvo said:
Can anyone explain why I've looked at this about 100 times from different sources and never seen any other colours than blue or black?
I think the answer is no, because no-one actually knows the underlying cause of different white balance perceptions. 
okgo said:
Condi said:
I disagree. The actual dress is made from black and blue fabric. Its been black and blue in every fking picture I seen of it. The maker of the dress says it black and blue.
Ergo, logic would point to the fact its black and fking blue, unless anyone can point to any evidence I can verify with my own eyes to the contrary.
Well given I have near perfect eyesight and it's clearly not black and blue you'll just have to take my word for it. And get down the opticians too. king picture I seen of it. The maker of the dress says it black and blue. Ergo, logic would point to the fact its black and f
king blue, unless anyone can point to any evidence I can verify with my own eyes to the contrary. 
Ignorance must be bliss.It's a black and blue dress you 'tard.
It's a picture taken with a digital camera, compressed and generally fked about with, recreated on your screen with its own little nuances.
Look at it in real life or a Polaroid of it and then I think it might be worthy of an argument.
The internet; quibbling over utter nothingness since it was invented.
ked about with, recreated on your screen with its own little nuances. Look at it in real life or a Polaroid of it and then I think it might be worthy of an argument.
The internet; quibbling over utter nothingness since it was invented.
Edited by dfen5 on Sunday 1st March 11:23
Condi said:
Evidently you dont have perfect eyesight, otherwise surely you would see the dress in the correct colour?!
But we aren't looking at the dress. We are looking at a photograph of the dress. The photograph is demonstrably a brown/gold and light blue colour. This was proven earlier in the thread.If you are seeing black/blue - then either your brain is compensating for the exposure/white balance in the photograph, you are perceiving the photograph of the dress based on what you know the colour to be - or your monitor needs calibrating.
What we can say however is that you aren't seeing or perceiving the 'correct' colour.
Edited by Moonhawk on Sunday 1st March 12:38
Moonhawk said:
If you are seeing black/blue - then either your brain is compensating for the exposure/white balance in the photograph,
I thought this may be why I only see blue. Subconsciously I figured my brain picked up on contrast with the light coloured background and the shading created by the light. It may also have something to do with me being extraordinarily poor at art and the way my brain processes colours.
I sell womens clothing and must get at least a couple of emails a week about this exact same thing.
"Hi there, you've got a dress for sale that you say is blue, the title says it's blue, the description says it's blue & the image tag says it's blue. It looks purple to me so what colour is it?".
Me & the OH disagree on some colours a lot of the time & then when you start looking at a picture on different laptops / tablets / mobiles etc & they all look different it's a bloody nightmare.
If everything was black it would be much easier
"Hi there, you've got a dress for sale that you say is blue, the title says it's blue, the description says it's blue & the image tag says it's blue. It looks purple to me so what colour is it?".
Me & the OH disagree on some colours a lot of the time & then when you start looking at a picture on different laptops / tablets / mobiles etc & they all look different it's a bloody nightmare.
If everything was black it would be much easier
northwest monkey said:
Me & the OH disagree on some colours a lot of the time & then when you start looking at a picture on different laptops / tablets / mobiles etc & they all look different it's a bloody nightmare.
Yep - one thing to bear in mind as well - especially with very deep colours is that even a perfectly calibrated monitor cannot render the range of colours or the range of brightness visible to the human eye. The colour gamut and dynamic range of your average consumer monitor is significantly narrower than the human eye (right diagram). Even specialist wide gamut displays (left diagram) are quite far off the mark.
Edited by Moonhawk on Sunday 1st March 13:46
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