Sky Blue Sweetheart Cutout Satin Mermaid Long Formal Dress with Slit Is That Dress White and Gold or Blue and Black? The New York Times You Can Now Buy 'The Dress' In Either Blue And Black Or White And Gold 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