Viral online dress debate turns 10. What colours do you see? Jean Paul Gaultier Vintage AW 1990 Green Blue Black Gold Sparkly Strip Amarcord Vintage Fashion 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 Happy 10th anniversary to the original photograph of "The Dress" and the subsequent internet debate over white and gold or black and blue : r popculturechat You Can Now Buy 'The Dress' In Either Blue And Black Or White And Gold