Pin by B D on Awesome White gold dress, Yellow and white dress, White dress outfit Black and blue or white and gold? The dress color debate rages online Remember when the internet went absolutely nuts on the colour of a dress? The dress was blue and black. The original viral poster, Caitlin McNeill, later said it was a black and blue dress 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