What color is The Dress? White and gold or blue and black confusion made for amazing memes

The dress is seen as different colours because of how our eyes process light

Lizzie Dearden
Friday 27 February 2015 10:00
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The dress can be seen in different colours
The dress can be seen in different colours
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This dress has sparked an internet frenzy the likes of which has not been seen since Left Shark took the Super Bowl by storm.

The question of whether it is blue and black or gold and white has divided friends, families and the celebrity world.

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The furore coincided with a llama chase in Arizona, starting a tide of amazing memes.

Left Shark made an appearance.

John Travolta is still being creepy.

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