What Color Is The Dress Illusion. Squares a, b and c appear to be different shades of brown. I see white & gold.

These optical illusions show that color can be a tricky concept.

Kanye sees black & blue, who is color blind? The explanation behind it boils down to the neuroscience of perception, and it's a problem researchers have wrestled with. Some declared themselves firmly in the blue and black camp, only to have the dress appear white and gold. But the now infamous optical illusion dress isn't the only trick picture doing the rounds on the internet. But when a segment from the dress on the left hand side is dragged across, the colours appear to change completely. One of psychologist robert zajonc's lasting contributions to science is the mere exposure effect, or the observation that people tend to like things if they are exposed to them more often. It was the dress which sparked a global debate. Is the light in the room bright or dim? When your brain tries to figure out what colour something is, it essentially subtracts the lighting and background. Every now and then, some optical phenomena comes along and creates a buzz. The comic strip refers to a dress whose image went viral on tumblr only hours before the strip was posted.