The Internet lost its collective mind Thursday over the color of a dress originally posted by a Tumblr user.
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swiked:
guys please help me – is this dress white and gold, or blue and black? Me and my friends can’t agree and we are freaking the fuck out
Some users see the dress as white and gold. Others see black and blue. Some report being able to see both colors at different times, or swap the colors at will. #TheDress began trending on Twitter, along with other hashtags, and everyone started to weigh in with their their own theories—emotions, light and color influences, simply a hoax.
https://twitter.com/lexielogic/status/571127775509262337
that theory about your emotions and the dress is bs… the dress changes color by itself not by how you’re feeling lmfao
— carlos (@__carlossanchez) February 27, 2015
Here’s my theory on the trending dress: pic.twitter.com/bJhYrROYj5
— Pedro Medeiros (@saint11) February 27, 2015
Genuinely concerned for my bf…. WTF. MAROON ISNT EVEN AN OPTION #thedress pic.twitter.com/7EymQSFZ8e
— Janie Barnett (@janiebarnett) February 27, 2015
Disney just bought #TheDress for a billion dollars.
— Todd Spence (@Todd_Spence) February 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/Greenskull/status/571125096544227328
Fine #thedress on #thellama RT @lturrentine: @Jamesco Make it rain, James. You have the aforementioned skillz. pic.twitter.com/H8oJpJ04bf
— James Martin 📷 (@Jamesco) February 27, 2015
We think it’s a dress from Roman Originals, specifically this make and model, a black and blue offering that comes in other colors. Roman Originals could not be reached for comment.
For what it’s worth, here’s what Google thinks.
The dress is likely blue and black. But with doctored lighting appears convincingly white and gold.
Update 5:24am CT, Feb. 27: We got in touch with Roman, the maker of what we believe to be the dress. They confirmed the dress has never been made in white and gold before. However, that doesn’t mean your pipe dream has to die: “I can confirm that we are in contact with the suppliers to establish if we can get style 70931 manufactured in white and gold.” Hope lives.
Photo via Cajsa Lilliehook/Flickr (CC BY SA 2.0)
