--- title: The Internet Is Divided By This Photo of Shiny Legs description: The Internet is in a state of unrest after Instagram user Hunter Culverhouse posted a photo of that seems to show shiny legs. canonical: https://time.com/4546630/this-photo-of-someones-shiny-legs-is-dividing-the-internet/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-26T19:08:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:37.852Z og:title: The Internet Is Losing It Over This Photo of Shiny Legs og:description: Call it the new dress og:url: https://time.com/4546630/this-photo-of-someones-shiny-legs-is-dividing-the-internet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f6d6158af480bd2/6988abbbbc6cfc29873df165/shiny-legs-white-paint-illusion.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: shiny-legs-white-paint-illusion og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Losing It Over This Photo of Shiny Legs twitter:description: Call it the new dress twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f6d6158af480bd2/6988abbbbc6cfc29873df165/shiny-legs-white-paint-illusion.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Photo of Someone's Shiny Legs Is Dividing the Internet > Sponsored content. 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The internet weighed in._  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 26, 2016 7:08 PM UTC  (Credit: Hunter Culverhouse / Instagram)  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 26, 2016 7:08 PM UTC Remember [the dress debacle of 2015](http://time.com/4238688/the-dress-1-year-anniversary-white-gold-blue-black/), when the Internet was drastically divided on whether or not a dress was [black and blue or white and gold](http://time.com/3725450/dress-taylor-swift-black-blue-white-gold-celebrities/)? The debate was later [resolved with an explanation of color constancy](http://time.com/3725528/dress-explainer-white-gold-blue-black-science/), but in the end, it remained a hot meme and point of dissent for many. Now, it looks like there’s a new optical illusion that’s stirring up conversation on the Internet. Instagram user Hunter Culverhouse posted a photo of legs covered in white paint, but some people are seeing shiny, glossy legs instead. Culverhouse told [_Insider_‘s Jacob Shamsian](http://www.thisisinsider.com/shiny-legs-optical-illusion-meme-2016-10) that the illusion was created on accident. “\[I\] had some white paint left on my brush and put random lines on my legs, turned out to be a completely confusing picture for everyone on the internet.” What do you think? 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