Exploring The Color Controversy of The Dress 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 was a viral online phenomenon in 2015, centered on a photograph of a dress that people disagreed on whether it was blue and black or white and gold. Within a The Dress. Is it blue and black or white and gold? Here is the confirmed answer. Doctor of optometry explains the great dress debate AOA ELI5:Why does this dress appear white gold to some people and black blue to others? : r explainlikeimfive