http://unphazedcat.tumblr.com/post/112178008311/lol-i-literally-had-to-open-up-photoshop-and-use#notes

"lol i literally had to open up photoshop and use my color correcting skills i learned in photography to figure it out but yea
that dress is blue and black, the white spot in the corner makes ppl who have a yellow color bias (like my self) think that its white and gold bc the lighting makes the black look yellow and thus we assume the lighter part has to be a white dress that has a blue cast.
this happens when pictures are over exposed, with the proper exposure (or close to proper the lights will stil be blown out as this was shot wit a phone camera) u can see the dress is black n blue. "

azu20 says

—Blue and Black: In conclusion, your retina’s cones are more high functioning, and this results in your eyes doing subtractive mixing.

—White and Gold: our eyes don’t work well in dim light so our retinas rods see white, and this makes them less light sensitive, causing additive mixing, (that of green and red), to make gold.

this post makes me feel like a subpar human being just for seeing white and gold

—Blue and Black: In conclusion, your retina’s cones are more high functioning, and this results in your eyes doing subtractive mixing.

—White and Gold: our eyes don’t work well in dim light so our retinas rods see white, and this makes them less light sensitive, causing additive mixing, (that of green and red), to make gold.

video that explains it if you're still confused https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qnQz8kxte0

video that explains it if you're still confused https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qnQz8kxte0

video that explains it if you're still confused https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qnQz8kxte0

video that explains it if you're still confused https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qnQz8kxte0

It's high time we moved past the BS and recognized how motherPHUCKing ugly this dress is.