In 2022, the author of this piece, Pascal Wallisch, spoke with Willa Paskin on the award-winning podcast Decoder Ring to further unpack what we learned about color, science, and viral images thanks to the Dress
"Our visual system is supposed to throw away information about the illuminant and extract information about the actual reflectance," says Jay Neitz, a neuroscientist at the University of Washington
"I actually printed the picture out," he says
Expert says we're ALL RIGHT and here's why A picture of a two-tone dress went viral after it prompted a fierce debate over whether it was white and gold - or blue and black A vision expert has offered an intriguing insight on the dress colour debate sweeping the internet, to declare: "Colour doesn't really exist." A picture of a two-tone dress went viral after it prompted a fierce debate over whether it was white and gold - or blue and black
Isn't the human brain amazing?" So no matter which side of the camp you're on: black and blue (Taylor Swift, Zoella, Kanye West) or white and gold (Anna Kendrick, Julianne Moore, Cara Delevingne), this media sensation proves that it's not just Kim Kardashian that can #breaktheinternet.
These people are rare
