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 Black and blue or white and gold? The dress color debate rages online 10 years ago today, this dress was posted online, turning into a viral phenomenon. Viewers couldn't decide if the dress was blue and black, or white and gold. It was later confirmed In 2015, a photograph of a dress went viral, dividing viewers over whether its colors were blue and black or white and gold. This optical illusion highlighted differences in human color perception