The Dress: White and Gold or Black and Blue? Oliphant Smocked Back Maxi White Gold Jamali Garmentory Good as Gold Romper Dress Blue and White, Medium Hazel and Olive Boutique Fashion Black and blue, or white and gold? 'The dress' turns 10 years old WFLA 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