# The dress

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dress/713898>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 1, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dress/713898 "2015-03-01T00:59:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Keeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dress/713898/1 "2015-03-01T00:59:16Z")

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I can’t believe there aren’t any threads here in GQ about [the dress](https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=dress+blue+gold+black) that people can’t agree about what color it is. (Sorry for the bad grammar.) I did do a search on the word “dress” for the past three days, and it came up with nothing.

Anyway, I just wanted to say this: Since I was very young, people have wondered, “When I look at [insert name of color here], does it look the same to you?” For all these decades, there seemed to be no way to answer this objectively, except for people with color-blindness. Well, now it seems that the answer is that there are at least a few cases where people do indeed see the color differently.

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dress/713898/2 "2015-03-01T01:13:46Z")

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There’s a [lively discussion](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=750365) going on in IMHO.

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dress/713898/3 "2015-03-01T01:27:47Z")

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I’m definitely on the “Why the fuck is this stupid crap even a thing?” side of the issue.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dress/713898/4 "2015-03-01T01:32:25Z")

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I don’t see a question here. Since there is already a thread in IMHO I’m going to close this. If someone has a specific question about visual perception they may open a new thread. Please use a descriptive thread title.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator