The one image that will help you understand the mystery of the white and gold dress In February 2015, a photo of a striped dress posted online unexpectedly turned into a worldwide argument. Some viewers swore it was blue and black, while others were convinced it was white TheDress Company: White and Gold Version Already in the Works Dressgate: If you saw THAT dress as white your brain was working overtime OpenAIs latest GPT 4o model just solved the mystery behind the viral photo that broke the internet Bhaskar English Bhaskar English 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