The dress turned 11 and it's STILL white and gold PERIOD. Eleven years later the color swatches are right there and people who see blue and black are proving your eyes lie The Dress. Is it blue and black or white and gold? Here is the confirmed answer. The white gold or blue black dress: The widely published original Download Scientific Diagram 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