The dress is a bistable picture, similar to the Spinning Dancer, which you can consciously reverse the direction of spin with some practice.
To see the dress as blue-black, I first look at the black dress in the bottom-left corner, then shift gaze to the main dress when colour is established.
To see the dress as white-gold, I first look at the sunny regions on the right, then move gaze across, when the main dress goes to white-gold.
It may help to cover or mask the opposite region, when focusing on one side.
For detail, 10 years ago I saw this as white-gold and did not change from that perception. Did not know what all the fuss was about this dress.
Today, I saw it as white-gold initially, but 10 minutes later, after two friends saw it as blue-black, I also saw it as blue-black and could not shake it.
Yeah it sas white and gold initially, then i consciously thought of it as blue and black, and now i cannot go back to white and gold even with your instructions…
It definitely seems to be a conscious focus on contrast that defines its colors
Your comment caused me to scroll back up to try to force the white and gold (love the spinning dancer) but as soon as I got there the dress was already white and gold despite the black and blue I had initially seen.
The dress is a bistable picture, similar to the Spinning Dancer, which you can consciously reverse the direction of spin with some practice.
To see the dress as blue-black, I first look at the black dress in the bottom-left corner, then shift gaze to the main dress when colour is established.
To see the dress as white-gold, I first look at the sunny regions on the right, then move gaze across, when the main dress goes to white-gold.
It may help to cover or mask the opposite region, when focusing on one side.
For detail, 10 years ago I saw this as white-gold and did not change from that perception. Did not know what all the fuss was about this dress. Today, I saw it as white-gold initially, but 10 minutes later, after two friends saw it as blue-black, I also saw it as blue-black and could not shake it.
Yeah it sas white and gold initially, then i consciously thought of it as blue and black, and now i cannot go back to white and gold even with your instructions…
It definitely seems to be a conscious focus on contrast that defines its colors
Your comment caused me to scroll back up to try to force the white and gold (love the spinning dancer) but as soon as I got there the dress was already white and gold despite the black and blue I had initially seen.
Wild.