re: What color is this dress?

It's an argument because the dress is actually black and blue, even if there is no way for you to see it. If people were saying they saw pink and purple, it wouldn't be an argument, because those colors would be totally random. But the fact that the dress is actually black and blue, I don't understand how you think people are wrong or making it up.

People's eyes can distinguish false coloring due to lighting, computers cannot and only look at pixels. That's why the colors shown in the post you responded to do not have a black. The last color is black to a brain adjusting for lighting and a bad picture. And the brain is correct, as we know the actual color of the dress.

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So, even Wired's computers say that the dress in the photo is white/light blue and gold/brown?

Why is this still an argument?

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It's not an argument. SOME people still see the black and blue. Some don't.

It's an optical illusion that doesn't effect everyone.

I suspect it affects most, but, quite obviously, not all.

Hell, I saw white and gold yesterday. Today, I saw black and blue and I have no f'n idea why.

Chalk this one up to one more reason people saying "I know what I saw" is not a compelling argument. Eyes can be fooled.