--- title: Here Is Proof That #TheDress is Black and Blue description: Sorry, #TeamWhiteAndGold canonical: https://time.com/3725758/proof-dress-black-and-blue/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-27T13:52:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:58.199Z og:title: Here Is Proof That #TheDress is Black and Blue og:description: Sorry, #TeamWhiteAndGold og:url: https://time.com/3725758/proof-dress-black-and-blue/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt767b94a1b72514bf/69878159cd68484d1e099e98/screen-shot-2015-02-27-at-10-22-49-am1.png?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2015-02-27 at 10.22.49 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here Is Proof That #TheDress is Black and Blue twitter:description: Sorry, #TeamWhiteAndGold twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt767b94a1b72514bf/69878159cd68484d1e099e98/screen-shot-2015-02-27-at-10-22-49-am1.png?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's Proof That #TheDress is Black and Blue by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Feb 27, 2015 1:52 PM CUT  by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Feb 27, 2015 1:52 PM CUT If you’re still rubbing your eyes over the dress that has social media baffled, here’s [definitive proof ](https://twitter.com/romanoriginals/status/571224722438004736 "undefined")that it is indeed black and blue, not white and gold: > [](https://twitter.com/romanoriginals/status/571224722438004736) The photo of the controversial frock (dubbed #TheDress on social media) went around the Internet Thursday night and Friday morning, polarizing viewers into two categories: those who saw it as white and gold and those who saw it as black and blue. It seems those in the former category have been tricked by the odd lighting of the photo (and maybe even by the [physiology](http://time.com/3725528/dress-explainer-white-gold-blue-black-science/ "undefined") of their eyes) as the dressmaker has confirmed that it is royal blue with black lace stripes. _Read next:_ [_Taylor Swift Says The Dress is Black and Blue_](http://time.com/3725450/dress-taylor-swift-black-blue-white-gold-celebrities/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") ### 6 Dresses That Are Way More Famous Than #TheDress  Portrait of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco and Princess Grace (Grace Kelly) on their wedding day on April 19, 1956 in Monaco. Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images  First Lady Jackie Kennedy wearing a fitted silk apricot dress and triple strand of pearls, walking through crowds at Udaipur during visit to India, 1962. Art Rickerby—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Marilyn Monroe poses over the updraft of a New York subway grating while in character for the filming of 'The Seven Year Itch' in Manhattan on Sept. 15, 1954. Matty Zimmerman—AP  This is a photo from page 2991 of Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's report showing Monica Lewinsky's dress which was tested for physical evidence of a relationship between President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. OIC/AP  Jennifer Lopez wears Versace at the 42nd Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles on Feb. 23, 2000. Scott Gries—Getty Images  President Barack Obama introduced his wife Michelle at the Commander-In-Chief Ball after his inauguration held at the National Building Museum in Washington on Jan. 20, 2009. David Stephenson—Lexington Herald-Leader/MCT/Getty Images [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3725758/proof-dress-black-and-blue/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3725758/proof-dress-black-and-blue/"},"headline":"Here's Proof That #TheDress is Black and Blue","datePublished":"2015-02-27T13:52:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:58.199Z","description":"Sorry, #TeamWhiteAndGold","url":"https://time.com/3725758/proof-dress-black-and-blue/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Style"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt767b94a1b72514bf/69878159cd68484d1e099e98/screen-shot-2015-02-27-at-10-22-49-am1.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt767b94a1b72514bf/69878159cd68484d1e099e98/screen-shot-2015-02-27-at-10-22-49-am1.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2015-02-27 at 10.22.49 AM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3725758/proof-dress-black-and-blue/","name":"Here's Proof That #TheDress is Black and Blue"}}]}] ```