--- title: Nike Outfit Color: Viral Photo Launches Debate description: A photo of a Nike tank top, pool slides and shorts has launched the latest internet debate over what colors the optical illusion is canonical: https://time.com/4848816/nike-outfit-viral-debate/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-07T13:48:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:11.956Z og:title: The Internet Can't Agree What Colors This Nike Outfit Is og:description: "I now see Tiffany blue and gray, but on television it's pink and Tiffany blue" og:url: https://time.com/4848816/nike-outfit-viral-debate/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52d138c8a0a93bc2/6988d4da4ee26204ce30e0da/gettyimages-158317559.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Abstract geometric pattern og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Can't Agree What Colors This Nike Outfit Is twitter:description: "I now see Tiffany blue and gray, but on television it's pink and Tiffany blue" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52d138c8a0a93bc2/6988d4da4ee26204ce30e0da/gettyimages-158317559.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Pink and Green or Gray and Turquoise? This Nike Outfit Brings Us the Latest in Internet Debates by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jul 7, 2017 1:48 PM UTC  Abstract geometric pattern Abstract geometric patternPhilippe Intraligi;Getty Images/Ikon Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jul 7, 2017 1:48 PM UTC Nothing splits the internet like a good old [vision quest](http://time.com/4740154/photo-illusions-the-dress/), and a sporty Nike outfit is the latest viral optical illusion to launch a debate over what colors it is. No one can seem to agree what the colors of the outfit user Rachael Stewart shared to Facebook recently are. “Here we go again! What two colors do you see?” she captioned the photo of pool slides, shorts, and tank top as she threw people on social media a major curveball. “Dunno how others see anything other than pink and white?” she added. [Australian site](http://www.mygc.com.au/colours-see-nike-outfit-divides-frustrates-internet/) MYGC picked it up, and as of Friday, the original post has 726 shares. Some claim they see mint green and pink, some pink and white, while others claim the outfit is gray and turquoise (or teal), others gray and blue, specifically “Tiffany” blue. That makes this getup even more divisive than the instant viral phenomenon of 2015, “the dress,” which some people perceived as blue and black, while all others could see was white and gold. According to a recent study in the [_Journal of Vision_](https://cld.bz/iKQtUL/24), people have different takes because individuals perceive the way light hits objects differently. See for yourself below. 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