"The Dress"

Not since Monica Lewinsky has anyone cared so much about a blue dress.

So, in the aftermath, I was basically required to write a post. You know the history: someone posted a picture of this dress on tumblr, everyone disagrees about it's color. Now it's been featured on CNN and the New York Times.

the photo that created unnecessary conflict throughout the web

So, if you google it, you'll find something a little strange: the wrong answer is the most popular one. Yesterday on Buzzfeed, the split was 75/25 for "white/gold"vs. "blue/black". Of course, it's now getting around that "blue/black" is the correct answer, so the polls have shifted a little. A current poll for friday, february 27:

source: buzzfeed 

So, then I had to google a little bit more. How is it possible that everyone sees it differently? Well, it's called the Bezold effect. Here it is: the fucking Bezold effect

is this doing it for you?

Are you seeing some sort of crazy, otherworldly constellation of colors besides green, blue, magenta, and hot pink?

Here's another one:





I should probably credit "Rob-Birn", an art student at TCNJ who is graduating in 2018 , but I'm not sure if I will.

Some of these drawings appear more vibrant to me than their counterparts, but I get the feeling that there are people out there who are looking at these and seeing bizarre colors like white, yellow, or purple instead of green with varying shades of blue.

It seems that roughly 25% of people are impervious to the Bezold effect.

This includes Justin Bieber.

J. Biebs. That's his name now.

Note: this is the last time I will ever feature anything at all related to optical illusions. Judging by the fact that your response to some can diagnose you with schizophrenia, they are nothing but trouble.