How "The Dress" Became an Illusion Unlike Any Other Scientific American Remember when the internet went absolutely nuts on the colour of a dress? The dress was blue and black. The original viral poster, Caitlin McNeill, later said it was a black and blue dress The inside story of the 'white dress, blue dress' drama that divided a planet The Washington Post The Dress: Blue & Black? White & Gold? Cease & Desist? CNN