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The colors of this photo will appear different to everyone. I think?
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Lord Error
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I don't think that's it. Under no light conditions (ranging from the bright of the day to the complete darkness) does that dress ever look white to me. The highlights on it will just never match something white sitting in the shadow - and the obvious yellow lighting that permeates the whole photo makes it clear that the other color is black, with that yellow highlight shining onto it. Besides, it's worth repeating - there's an actual white dress right next to the main one.
The famous checker image fools every person the same way. This photo causes different visual outcomes to different people who see the picture on the exact same screen in the same light conditions. It's not the same thing at all.
Blargonaut
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Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Whoa, all this as time I saw it as white gold, then I scrolled to where the bright pic with the blue dress was and when I scrolled up the dress was now blue and black, then it slowly went back to white gold. I thought it was a gif. Fucking with my mind.
I still see gold and white with blue tint. Ever since this thread was posted.
Look at the photo. Now look down at this sentence and view the dress in your visual periphery. The color has changed.
Even on my periphery the dress is gold and white.
Napoleonthechimp
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The perception of the image can change depending on your environment but computer screens emit light so unless your monitor is woefully uncalibrated then the colour of light around you won't make a vast amount of difference.
Certainly not enough to turn brown into black anyway.
Then that makes it not black.
Certainly not enough to turn brown into black anyway.
Then that makes it not black.
Rawket Lawnchair
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Train going in or coming out of the tunnel?
Train going in or coming out of the tunnel?
Seems to be easiest to make it go inward if I focus on the tunnel, and outward if I focus toward the right side.
John Kowalski
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Train going in or coming out of the tunnel?
the blur is going right so it's going in
Rawket Lawnchair
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Some would argue that the people looking at the train are actually waiting for it.
I don't know, I'm confused and it hurts my eyes after a while.
Train going in or coming out of the tunnel?
They're waiting for the train as opposed to leaving it and they're looking to their left, so it is coming out of the tunnel.
Train going in or coming out of the tunnel?
Hahahaha, this one is good.
What is the elitism towards this all of the sudden? 99% of what is called black isn't true black. Having looked at photographs your entire life, it's pretty easy to see what's black and what isn't.
megarockexe
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It can't be farther from black. You have to go to great lengths to mess black up that much. It's simply not typical at all.
This really helps to explain this.
CassidyIzABeast
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Train going in or coming out of the tunnel?
Both. It goes forward then backwards really fast.
speculawyer
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There is no 'correct' way of seeing it.
Foxy Fox 39
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Dang you.
Train going in or coming out of the tunnel?
I just can't ignore the little flickering bit on the left edge of the gif, just behind her brown bag.
Train going in or coming out of the tunnel?
Train going back and forth.
Also, hello GP Rawkets!
loaf of bread
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Its white and gold. If you see differently your eyes are broken. Yes the actual dress is blue and black. The picture is white and gold. If you show me a picture of a blue sun it isn't yellow its blue. It doesn't matter what the sun's color actually is. Go see a doctor kids.
I have yet to observe any colors from the dress other than the white and gold in which I originally perceived. The tides of logic on the contrary are overwhelming me as the source of the subject image has confirmed the dress to be of a black and blue instead and subsequent others have confirmed the same. I feel my sanity slipping from me at times. I'm staring menacingly at it as I type this very log.
For now, nothing or nobody can be trusted.
I will report new findings as they come.
For now, nothing or nobody can be trusted.
I will report new findings as they come.
The picture in the OP shows a blue and black dress tho.
Basically, white&golds can never really trust their own eyes ever again. In the future when you see a white or a gold object, you'll require someone else to provide a second opinion.
If it was White/Gold, it would look like the image on the left using the same lighting and camera conditions.
You have to look at the floor as well as the black/white object on the bottom left. The sky is in a window behind the dress. If it was lighting the room, then the floor would be blue.
You have to look at the floor as well as the black/white object on the bottom left. The sky is in a window behind the dress. If it was lighting the room, then the floor would be blue.
loaf of bread
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Nah. You got a disease bro. Look into that shit.
The debate isn't what color the actual dress is, we already know its blue and black. The debate is what color the edited photo is. And its white and gold.
gutter_trash
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http://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-blue-and-how-do-we-see-color-2015-2
interesting read
then change your focus at the bottom right corner then notice the train go the other way
interesting read
look at farthest end of the tunnel, the train goes one way.Train going in or coming out of the tunnel?
then change your focus at the bottom right corner then notice the train go the other way
In that case it's blue and brown, but in no way is it white.
loaf of bread
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We know the actual color is blue and black, therefore if the picture was normal and unedited, everyone would see blue and black unanimously unless they're colorblind.
We know the picture is edited and overexposed. People either see white/gold or blue/black. Since any people see white/gold at all. That means the edited picture has to be white/gold since if it was actually blue/black, everyone would see blue/black as the picture would not be edited.
Conclusion: Actual dress is blue/black. Edited photo is white/gold. If you see white/gold you are seeing the actual color of the picture. If you see blue/black your eyes are seeing colors that aren't there and are broken.
You're welcome.
We know the picture is edited and overexposed. People either see white/gold or blue/black. Since any people see white/gold at all. That means the edited picture has to be white/gold since if it was actually blue/black, everyone would see blue/black as the picture would not be edited.
Conclusion: Actual dress is blue/black. Edited photo is white/gold. If you see white/gold you are seeing the actual color of the picture. If you see blue/black your eyes are seeing colors that aren't there and are broken.
You're welcome.
The actual colour of the picture is sky blue and brown.
White/gold and blue/black are seeing exaggerated versions of the colors because their brain colour corrects it for assumed shade/artificial lighting.
Seems logical. I can't find any flaws with this logic.
loaf of bread
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Thats just what color you consider them, some people consider it white/gold/brown/light blue etc. The point is the actual color is not dark blu/black
The sky blue isn't remotely white.
The brown isn't black.
Both camps are colour correcting it because their brain is making assumptions about the lighting. That's why it switches for many as well, they aren't seeing the true colours but how their brain interprets the scene.
You only get white/gold and the deep blue/black if you are seeing a 'corrected' image.
A third camp just sees it as sky blue and brown because the scene doesn't trigger a need to compensate for the lighting, they are the only ones seeing the image 'as is'.
Quite, but it's not white and gold either. The colour values of the dress are in between and the whole image is overexposed and taken under a mix of natural and unnatural light.
Taking the above into account, people look at the picture and through a combination of differing physical qualities of all our eyes, and the different ways our brains automatically correct colour perception for changes in light and shading (look Color Constancy up), we perceive the colours of the dress differently, regardless of the actual RGB values in the image.
It just so happens the dress is blue and black in reality, so people who automatically see it as a blue and black dress but under odd lighting in the image also just happen to have the correct perception in this case.
gutter_trash
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yup the real dress is Blue n Black but due to the poor quality of the photo, the colors a muddied into faded Blue and and browning mud for the black.
We think of it as black because we know the lighting is shit, but due to the poor white ballance of the light, the black in pixels comes of ass muddy brownish
No. It really is unmistakably blue/black depending on how your eyes adjust.
Ive seen both at different times of day.
Our Blue/Blackers brains are magic, and make the the pic the true colour of the dress.
White/Golders are jealous of our magic brains.
Too much assumptions of consistent lighting in this logicIf it was White/Gold, it would look like the image on the left using the same lighting and camera conditions.
You have to look at the floor as well as the black/white object on the bottom left. The sky is in a window behind the dress. If it was lighting the room, then the floor would be blue.
I based the black and white levels off of the black and white object on the left as well as the floor. The window is behind the dress, not contributing much lighting to the room, especially not compared to the halogen lights overhead. And obviously, it helps that we know for certain the actual colors of the dress. Going one step further and slightly correcting for exposure and white balance, both versions would look like this:
Sit down dude. You haven't figured anything out.
I hope it switches on him, he might beat himself up like Fight Club.
The One and Done
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I see an all purple dress. Light and dark purple.
I based the black and white levels off of the black and white object on the left as well as the floor. The window is behind the dress, not contributing much lighting to the room, especially not compared to the halogen lights overhead. And obviously, it helps that we know for certain the actual colors of the dress. Going one step further and slightly correcting for exposure and white balance, both versions would look like this:
me said:
I know what actual color it is. Your logic is bad, though. Knowing the actual color of the dress is a cop out for making your assumptions.
You don't seem to understand what he did to adjust the balance of the image on the right.
It's the white and gold one that actually had to have the colour values of the dress edited besides the balance corrections.
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