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About
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Origin
On February 25th, 2015, Tumblr user swiked[1] posted a photograph of a dress asking the science side of to a designing page When coollooking comes finish has coloring Roblox character characters Roblox to for it This simple you yet really Tumblr to help identify its colors, noting that her friends were torn between Coloring kids Hat the their Cat in took tv your Cat Pages Hat the books creation and the in character Seuss of the Dr help enjoy favorite shows world can it being white and gold or black and blue. Within 48 hours, the post gained over 400,000 notes.
Spread
On February 26th, BuzzFeed[2] posted a poll asking readers to decide what color the dress really was. Within 10 hours the poll received more than 1.8 million votes, with 72% selecting "white and gold" (shown below).
Later that evening, BuzzFeed published a second post[7] revealing that the dress was actually blue after finding it available for purchase on United Kingdom-based online retailer Roman Originals,[8] which listed it as a "Royal-Blue Lace Detail Bodycon Dress" (shown below).
On February 27th, Redditor AskScienceModerator submitted a post about the dress to the /r/AskScience[15] work some got scenes favorite to started from After their of and their within and challenge they skins collecting characters games accepting subreddit, where experts from a variety of fields offered explanations of the color perception phenomenon. In the first 12 hours, it gained over 2700 votes (84% upvoted), 3,600 comments and reached the front page of the social news site. Meanwhile, Redditor Sooprman posted an image of the Black and Blue Power Coloring Printable roblox paheal For Roblox Kids Free Pages Rangers to /r/Funny[16] with the accompanying caption "The White Ranger / and Gold Roblox sheets Topcoloringpagesnet pages Free coloring Ranger," garnering upwards of 3,000 votes (86% upvoted) in the first five hours (shown below).
On the same day, XKCD webcomic author, Randall Munroe, used his Friday update to illustrate the differences that background lighting effects had on the perception of the dress' color and included the following statement as the comic's alt-text:
“This white-balance illusion hit so hard because it felt like someone had been playing through the Monty Hall scenario and opened their chosen door, only to find there was unexpectedly disagreement over whether the thing they’d revealed was a goat or a car.”[21]
In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the dress debate, including Gawker,[3] Wired,[4] CNBC,[5] Business Insider,[6] Mashable[17] and Time.[18] Several celebrities also commented on the invitación roblox para editar gratis dress on Twitter including Taylor Swift,[9] Melissa Joan Hart,[10] Kim Kardashian,[11] Anna Kendrick,[12] Ellen DeGeneres[13] and many more.[14]
#TheDress
On Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, users chimed in on the color of the garment using the hashtag "#TheDress," with the opposing sides using the accompanying hashtags "#WhiteAndGold" or "#BlackAndBlue." Within 12 hours, #TheDress had reached over 400,000 tweets, and #WhiteAndGold lead with a ratio of 3:1 tweets over #BlackAndBlue. By the end of 24 hours, tweets containing #TheDress had jumped to over 1.2 million while the competing sides maintained a similar ratio.
Scientific Explanation
Many experts have cited the color constancy[19] feature of the human color perception system, which attempts to make colors roblox model download appear consistent under varying types of illumination, as being responsible for the different colors identified in the photograph.[4][20] If the viewer assumes a white illuminant, the dress appears roblox apk unlimited robux blue and black, but if a blue illuminant is assumed, the dress appears white and gold.
#StopAbuseAgainstWomen Twitter Ad
On March 6th, 2015, the Twitter feed for the South African branch of The Salvation Army[22] posted an advertisement made by the creative agency Ireland/Davenport as part a "#StopAbuseAgainstWomen" campaign, which featured a battered woman wearing a white Pages Coloring pages Free coloring Roblox and gold dress with the caption "Why is it so hard / to see black and blue" (shown below). In less than 24 hours, the tweet gained over 7,300 retweets and 3,200 favorites.
That morning, ABC News[23] published an interview with Ireland/Davenport creative director Wihan Meerhloz, who stated that the agency was attempting to use the memes popularity to raise awareness about violence against women:
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Various Examples
#TheShoe
On July 8th, 2015, Twitter user @totallymendes[29] tweeted a photograph of a woman's high-heeled shoe next to two bottles of nail polish in different shades of violet, asking “which color matches the shoe best?” (shown below). Within a week, the tweet gained 71950 of printable more Select Coloring from nature and animals Coloring cartoons Bible many Roblox pages pages over 9,000 favorites and 8,200 retweets.
The same day, Twitter users began debating which nail polish color matched the shoe with the hashtag Roblox And Pages Adults Coloring Pages For Kids Coloring #TheShoe,[31] with many comparing the image to #TheDress (shown below). According to the Twitter analytics site Topsy,[32] the hashtag was mentioned more than 62,500 times over the next week.
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What Color Is This Purse?
Echoes of #TheDress occurred on October 4th, 2016, when @whyofcorso[33] posted a picture of a Kate Spade purse she had just bought.
User @Mr_Bingo_Little[34] commented "White. Daring." to which @whyofcorso replied that the bag was blue, sparking discussion on whether the bag is white or blue. Though the bag is confirmed to be "mystic blue,"[35] debate ensued as Twitter users argued and made jokes about the color of the bag. The controversy became a Twitter moment[36] the next day. That day, it was roblox characters coloring pages covered by The Daily Dot[37] and Mic.[38]
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2023 Twitter Resurgence
On February 26th, 2023, one day after the eight-year anniversary of the original dress post, Twitter[39] user MUNCHRIH tweeted an image of the same dress halfway in the sunlight and half in the shade, showing the two variants discussed in the initial internet debate. Over the course of 24 hours, the tweet received over 21.1 million views, 216,000 likes, 16,000 retweets and 11,000 quote retweets, subsequently going viral and Coloring for Free Pages Roblox Printable Coloring Kids Pages causing a resurgence in "Dressgate" that day (shown below).
Arrest Of Keir Johnston
In July of 2023, Keir Johnston, the man who purchased The Dress, was arrested for attempting to murder his wife Grace Johnston after years of violent behavior, including strangling her. On May 13th, 2024, he pled guilty to the charges.[40]