I remember this debate over a year ago where people seem to disagree on the color of the dress in the picture below. Could this have anything to do with cognitive functions (Pe/Pi)? What do you think, and what do you see?
I see white and gold...
Last Edit: Oct 16, 2016 12:52:22 GMT -5 by AtomNous
It has to do with your monitor and, in some cases, your color vision. Most monitors will skew blue/black when viewed from below, while IPS monitors designed to not change color from different angles get more consistent results. Back when this was big we looked at the exact same picture on my Android, my sister's iPhone, and her Macbook, and the color was slightly different on each.
My current display shows blue and a weird olive color when viewed straight on, blue/black from below, and white/gold from the right.
The first time I saw this pic as a year ago with my friends and we had disagreement over the color. He saw it as black and blue, and we were using the same screen. Just recently, I figure out that viewing it from my laptop and from a lower perspective of the screen can cause me to see black and blue, but once I view it from the front again, I see white and gold again.
There are some possibilities here: - We really see things differently and if this is true, there might be a chance that cognitive functions somehow play roles in the situation. Or at least there is a correlation. - The way we perceive the color is actually influenced by the way we observe it at the first instance and this creates our first impression. The impression sticks with us as consistent as possible because our brain is such an efficient machine.
Time for the revelation... The actual dress colors were blue and black.
Has consistently looked white and orange to me when viewed from a standard angle. I've also argued about this photo with someone viewing the same screen at the same angle, though they had already seen the photo elsewhere.
May be relevant that I have deuteranomaly (reduced green sensitivity), which I think is the most common form of color-blindness.
She usually starts out clockwise for me, but reverses fairly easily, usually if I look away for a second.
Sitbone, yes! I also thought of the spinning dancer! I see the dress as both blue and black, and white and gold, and can switch directions on the dancer quite easily as well. What a strange phenomenon.
Has consistently looked white and orange to me when viewed from a standard angle. I've also argued about this photo with someone viewing the same screen at the same angle, though they had already seen the photo elsewhere.
May be relevant that I have deuteranomaly (reduced green sensitivity), which I think is the most common form of color-blindness.
Post by leeleechirps2.0 on Dec 2, 2017 4:34:50 GMT -5
The dress looks black and blue. I can see a hint of the gold shimmer but how are people seeing this as white? Confused /) I missed the big debate too I guess... just now seeing this dress for the first time.
My family and I looked at the same monitor and still saw different colours. They saw blue/black whereas I saw creamish with brownish lace (closer to white/gold).
I think it is a great metaphor for type, though. We can all look at the same thing and sincerely see different truths without anyone lying.
The thing about this dress is that before they explained it and before some people realized it was a general phenomenon involving so many people, there were enough people accusing their spouses, family, friends or colleagues of blatantly lying.