THE DRESS

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• lee4hmz

  2015-02-27 03:01:46

  ⚠ THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS

  very tempted to convert that to a GIF and destroy the palette in fractint, then post the results
• Obā-san

  2015-02-27 03:02:27

  
  

  lilac and brown
  
• Salix Babylonika

  2015-02-27 03:17:32

  https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg

  green and magenta
• Obā-san

  2015-02-27 03:18:47

  
  

  seriously tho idk why people are arguing about this the colors are so fuckin wonky there's no way to know really
  
• Salix Babylonika

  2015-02-27 03:19:57

  https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg

  I think someone went to the store page and "proved" it one way or the other

  
  

  the thing is that it doesn't matter, if you stare at the bottom of the picture for long enough you can make it look like almost any two colors you want.
• Klinotaxis

  2015-02-27 03:21:45

  kill living beings
  

  it is bad lighting
  
  the image does not give sufficient information to reliably reconstruct the pigments used in the presumed physical object
  
  jet fuel can't melt steel
  
• Calica

  2015-02-27 03:23:51

  Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.

  black and blue, looks like to me
• Princess Alice

  2015-02-27 03:39:26 edited 2015-02-27 03:39:43

  You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

  It's just fascinating to me because usually with optical-illusion type things if I stare long enough I can force myself to see the "other" option, but no matter how long I look at this dress I cannot see black and blue.
• Miss Miko Mayonegg

  2015-02-27 03:40:25

  More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
  

  so is this like a new meme, or
  
• Obā-san

  2015-02-27 03:41:46

  
  

  Central Avenue said:

  It's just fascinating to me because usually with optical-illusion type things if I stare long enough I can force myself to see the "other" option, but no matter how long I look at this dress I cannot see black and blue.

  assume that it's really washed out
  
• Princess Alice

  2015-02-27 03:54:50

  You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

  Still not working for me.

  
  

  Also: https://twitter.com/MikeDrucker/status/571154275302297601
• Calica

  2015-02-27 03:55:48

  Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.

  okay that's weird, i definitely saw black and blue earlier but then i scrolled up and saw white and gold
• ★ ~ S U M M E R ✿ S A U S A G E ! ~ ★

  2015-02-27 03:58:54

  CUNTASAURUS REXXX
  

  idk but its kind of ugly
  
• Obā-san

  2015-02-27 04:03:14

  
  

  it's super ugly
  
• Tre

  2015-02-27 04:04:48

  
  

  I see black and blue, though I could understand how one could see blue and gold given the lighting
  
  No clue how you could get any white out of it though
• Calica

  2015-02-27 05:01:39

  Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.

  and now it's back to black and blue
• Tanya

  2015-02-27 05:08:02

  Pizza Dog

  Calica said:

  and now it's back to black and blue

  This is my first time seeing it and this is all I see.
• ★ ~ S U M M E R ✿ S A U S A G E ! ~ ★

  2015-02-27 05:11:11 edited 2015-02-27 05:11:25

  CUNTASAURUS REXXX
  

  honestly all I see is bluish-white and some horrid color foolishly masquerading itself as gold
  
• One-Winged Eagle

  2015-02-27 05:33:49

  Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.

  I can only see the black and blue if you squish the image to a thumbnail size.
• One-Winged Eagle

  2015-02-27 05:38:16

  Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.

  Actually what's weird is that it's black and blue now.

  
  

  I think it might be my monitor.
• Yarrun XIX

  2015-02-27 07:07:40

  Whores! we want "poems that kill."
  Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
  guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
  and take their weapons leaving them dead

  DUDE

  
  

  
  

  
  

  XKCD did the refrance
• Corvina

  2015-02-27 07:16:27

  Vampire Lady of Corvidia
  
  (The other Jane)
  

  All I ever saw was blue and black
  
• Calica

  2015-02-27 08:54:52

  Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.

  has anyone tracked down the actual dress yet
• glennmagusharvey

  2015-02-27 09:06:57

  why does internet care about this
  
• Salix Babylonika

  2015-02-27 09:09:15

  https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg

  Because glenn, sometimes we need small things to distract us from the massive empty meaningless void that is the universe at large.

  
  

  Sometimes I don't wanna think about net neutrality or the sad state of race relations in America or my own dim future

  
  

  sometimes I just wanna argue with people about what color an obviously-gold-and-white dress is.
• One-Winged Eagle

  2015-02-27 09:43:14

  Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.

  Calica said:

  has anyone tracked down the actual dress yet

  They have, yes, it actually is black-and-blue.

  
  

  glennmagusharvey said:

  why does internet care about this
  

  Because we need reminders that people look at the same thing differently. And as far as objective truths go, this is a remarkably simple, straightforward thing that people nevertheless draw wildly different conclusions on.

  
  

  I again see it as kind of white-and-gold, probably because my monitor has changed color warmth.
• Salix Babylonika

  2015-02-27 09:45:02

  https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg

  it's much easier to see it as black and blue if you only look at the bottom part of the picture
• glennmagusharvey

  2015-02-27 10:53:21

  THE DRESS is now RED AND PURPLE
  
  
• One-Winged Eagle

  2015-02-27 10:57:19 edited 2015-02-27 11:01:46

  Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.

  *pat pat GMH's head*

  
  

  So it is, little buddy. 

  
  

  So it is.
• Alduin

  2015-02-27 10:58:15

  inb4 the dress is actually a powerful Abyssal and we've infected ourselves by looking at it
• sunn wolf

  2015-02-27 12:49:11

  naney said:

  lilac and brown
  

  thank u for being the only person who agrees with me that its fuckin light purple
• Princess Alice

  2015-02-27 13:56:32

  You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

  Yarrun XIX said:

  DUDE

  
  

  
  

  
  

  XKCD did the refrance

  Again, I can see the blue, but I can't see how that comes out looking "black" unless you describe any dark color as "black"
• Klinotaxis

  2015-02-27 13:59:48

  kill living beings
  

  I thought it was gold
  
  "darn"
• lee4hmz

  2015-02-27 16:41:30

  ⚠ THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS

  Did anyone see the madness I posted to my Twitter on this subject?
• Bee

  2015-02-27 16:48:01 edited 2015-02-27 16:49:45

  Paste it into MS Paint and check the RGBA.  It's fucking blue.  If for whatever reason the dress was not physically blue, then it's not an optical illusion -- it's the camera overcompensating when it takes a digital picture.
  
  fucking forced memes
  
• One-Winged Eagle

  2015-02-27 17:50:06

  Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.

  I wouldn't call it a forced meme because folks legit can't see it.

  
  

  I legit couldn't see it.
• Obā-san

  2015-02-27 17:52:44

  
  

  MachSpeed said:

  I wouldn't call it a forced meme because folks legit can't see it.

  
  

  I legit couldn't see it.

  
  
• Obā-san

  2015-02-27 17:53:02

  
  

  i saw it once i looked at it on my sister's iPhone
  
• Princess Alice

  2015-02-27 17:53:12

  You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

  I've seen enough bad digital photos over the years that, upon glancing at it the first time, my mind compensated for what it assumed was crappy white balance and perceived the blue as white.
  
  Only once I knew it was supposed to be blue was I able to see the blue there.
  
• Yarrun XIX

  2015-02-27 18:00:17

  Whores! we want "poems that kill."
  Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
  guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
  and take their weapons leaving them dead

  I kind of saw it as blue and shiny black material.
• lee4hmz

  2015-02-27 18:18:35

  ⚠ THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS

  WELCOME TO YOUR DOOM

  
  

  
  
• lee4hmz

  2015-02-27 18:19:44

  ⚠ THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS

  Even worse:

  
  

  
  
• Salix Babylonika

  2015-02-27 20:30:45

  https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg

  Bee said:

  Paste it into MS Paint and check the RGBA.  It's fucking blue.  If for whatever reason the dress was not physically blue, then it's not an optical illusion -- it's the camera overcompensating when it takes a digital picture.
  
  fucking forced memes
  

  how does this actually bother you

  
  

  how does this actually bother anyone

  
  

  what fucking world do we live in
• Salix Babylonika

  2015-02-27 20:33:31

  https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg

  I would take arguments about a dress over Denny's trying to sell shitty food with the skeleton war any day of the week.
• Vriska

  2015-02-27 21:06:13

  8luh 8luh.

  It's hypothetical periwinkle and negative 8urgundy, duh.
  
• MissUtilis

  2015-02-27 22:42:14

  BEWARE OF GRRL!
  

  i honestly can never tell when a meme is "forced" or not
  
• Obā-san

  2015-02-27 22:44:00

  
  

  this thread is now dedicated to answering the question "why is denny's so bad?"
• MetaFour

  2015-02-27 22:45:20

  For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.

  It's a simple distinction. If you like a meme, it’s beyond blame; but if you dislike it, it's forced.
• Haven

  2015-02-27 23:12:44

  Let me tell you. About Fallen London.

  
• One-Winged Eagle

  2015-02-28 00:28:42

  Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.

  Haha, thanks Hussie.