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by thornofmight 4125 days ago
Nice job getting this together so fast.

I wonder if the reason this dress color thing has been spreading around so fast is because of the different devices everyone is using to view it. When I first saw the dress on my Macbook Pro screen (non-retina) the dress looked white and gold. Then I checked on my iPhone 6 in the dark later on and it looked blue and black.

I've been seeing articles about how the reason people are seeing different colors is because of different types of eyes, psychology, etc...maybe the answer is much simpler.

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I had initially thought the same about different screens but then I saw it change on my phone.

The first time I passed by my friend's post with the photo on my facebook feed, it was white and gold. I ignored it and scrolled on. A few minutes later while scrolling back up to the top, that same exact picture (same post) was blue and black.

I've seen it switch a couple times since on my phone (nexus 4). Although on my desktop it's always white and gold.

Did you move between different locations? The difference could come down to being outside vs. being inside - or at least eye-shot of sunlight.
Didn't move at all - besides my finger as I scrolled through my feed. Ambient light was the same - pretty much everything was the same.
Some coworkers and I were looking at the photo on the same screen and had differing opinions at the time.