Who wore it best on the red carpet at the 2015 Oscars? Who cares? The Internet's more concerned with llamas on the lam, "House of Cards" season 3 on Netflix and the color of a single, solitary dress.
That's right, "The Dress" nearly broke the Internet on Thursday as a photo of the outfit went viral with social media users debating whether or not it's white and gold or black and blue. One article on BuzzFeed alone got more than 22 million views from readers who couldn't decide:
There's only one clear answer, people: It's black and blue.
Tumblr user swiked sparked the mass hysteria by uploading the photo, writing:
"guys please help me - is this dress white and gold, or blue and black? Me and my friends can't agree... I see it as white and gold. My friend right here sees it as blue and black. I CANT HANDLE THIS. If that's not gold my entire life has been a lie."
Twitter users on #TeamWhiteAndGold started defending their eyesight as being explained by emotions. In short, happy people see it as white and gold, and negative or stressed out people see black and blue.
Jay Neitz, a color-vision researcher at the University of Washington in Seattle, told Wired it's more likely that the strong differences in opinion are due to the actual physiology of your eyes. Human lenses, part of the eyeball, become less sensitive to blue light with age so older social media users may be more prone to calling it white and gold.
Science Daily points out the way the picture was taken -- exposure, lighting, Photoshop, Instagram filters, etc. -- could change the way the dress appears. Due to color constancy, though, the actual color of the dress never changes, so it's viewed most accurately in person.
As Time explains, the people seeing it as white and gold are wrong -- but not crazy:
"So, because the photo is taken in lighting with a blue hue, it may be causing the blues in the dress to reflect a white color. And while the dress may in fact be blue and black, the lighting does, for some viewers, make it appear to be white and gold."
Wired photo editors played around with white balance and color pixel values to determine that the dress is definitely black and blue. Gizmodo went even further, playing with the exposure and creating an animated GIF illustrating the differences:
And the blue and black dress perfectly matches a real dress you can buy online: The Royal-Blue Lace Detail Bodycon Dress from Roman Originals, a UK fashion retailer.
Caitlin McNeill, the Scottish woman also known as swiked, saw the dress in person worn by the mother of the bride at a wedding she was performing at. McNeill confirmed the dress appears black and blue in real life to BuzzFeed, and it is the Roman dress.
Sorry, team white and gold. "The dress" is blue and black. Now everyone can calm down and enjoy their weekend.
Source: Top Stories - Google News - http://ift.tt/1atZsvM
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