If you have any sort of social media, whether it be Twitter or Facebook, you have seen the great debate over the color of a certain dress. To some, the dress appears to be white and gold, and to others blue and black. This has completely divided the internet, ruined friendships, and sparked argument and debates everywhere.
The picture of the dress was originally posted to tumblr, where the debate started. A week or so later it took the internet by storm. It got passed around like wildfire and is now trending on Twitter, and is the headline on almost every news website.
Even though there has been great debate, the truth has come out about the color and the reason for why different people see different colors. When the original image was taken, the settings on the camera were different from normal. The picture was extremely over exposed in addition to that, the white balance was set to tungsten. Due to this, the colors of the dress were given different tints and a white overcast. Depending on your vision, and the settings of what you’re viewing the picture on you will see the dress as a different color.
In the end the dress is truly blue and black, if you go to the website that sells the dress, it’s listed as blue and black. Since the debate is over, it seems fitting to now worry about more important things, like net neutrality, or the events happening in Gaza right now.