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# No One Sees Eye to Eye on What Color These Flip Flops Are

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## Melissa Locker


Nov 21, 2016 3:22 PM UTC

by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


Nov 21, 2016 3:22 PM UTC

Do you remember [The Dress](http://time.com/4238688/the-dress-1-year-anniversary-white-gold-blue-black/?iid=sr-link2)? It’s back, with a twist.

Back in February 2015 [the internet broke](http://time.com/4238688/the-dress-1-year-anniversary-white-gold-blue-black/?iid=sr-link2) after Scottish musician [Caitlin McNeill posted](http://time.com/3725628/the-dress-caitlin-mcneill-post-tumblr-viral/?iid=sr-link4) a picture of a dress on the micro-blogging website Tumblr with the caption “guys please help me — is this dress [white and gold](http://time.com/3725528/dress-explainer-white-gold-blue-black-science/?iid=sr-link3) , or blue and black? Me and my friends can’t agree and we are freaking the f\*\*\* out.” The photo went viral as people made impassioned arguments over the colors in the photo.

Now it’s happening again, but with a photo of flip-flops. On Nov. 17, Twitter user @positivedemi posted a photo of a pair of Havianas flip-flops and asked, “What color do you see?”

> [](https://twitter.com/positivedemi/status/799346903112630272)

And with that simple question, the internet machine was off and running again arguing about whether the sandals were black and blue or white and gold. **(Gift it**: [**_for men here_**](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01G93UFQ0?ie=UTF8&tag=timecom-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B000MUK6MA&th=1)**_,_** [ **_for women here_**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0157910FM/?tag=timecom-20)**_)_**

The reason that people see different colors is that[ human eyes evolved](http://time.com/3725528/dress-explainer-white-gold-blue-black-science/?iid=sr-link3) to see in daylight, but daylight changes color at different times of day. “The wavelength composition of the light reflected from an object changes considerably in different conditions of illumination,” [Science Daily wrote](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/07/040727085636.htm) at the height of the frenzy over The Dress. “Nevertheless, the color of the object remains the same.”

For the record, [Buzzfeed](https://www.buzzfeed.com/bradesposito/what-colors-are-these-flip-flops?utm%5Fterm=.qcl5B3vKZ#.lvonlOgeV) was able to confirm that the flip-flips are actually blue and black. Strangely that hasn’t settled the argument online yet.


What do you see?

**_You can get blue and black Havaianas similar to the ones above_** [**_for men here_**](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01G93UFQ0?ie=UTF8&tag=timecom-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B000MUK6MA&th=1)**_,_** [**_for women here_**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0157910FM/?tag=timecom-20)**_._**

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