You Can Now Buy 'The Dress' In Either Blue And Black Or White And Gold Is That Dress White and Gold or Blue and Black? The New York Times The Dress' returns in special edition gold and white version for Comic Relief charity auction The Independent The Independent 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 It's the Dress Debate (but with Politics this time) Even So, Joy Is it white and gold or blue and black? The truth behind the dress debate. CooperVision