The Dress?
Zandrea Mays
Many of you have probably heard of the dress that has started many heated arguments around the world. Is the dress blue and black, or white and gold? Some even see different colors. Why do so many people see different colors when they're looking at the same picture? We look to scientists to get the answer.
Science shows that everyone's eyes see and interpret colors differently. Your visual cortex is responsible for processing the signals that your brain is sent from the eyes into images. Because of the white light used to take the picture in her home, some people saw the dress for its true color (blue & black,) and some people could only see the reflection of the light (white & gold). The people that saw flashes of both, a mixture of both, or completely different colors, have the ability to see past the reflection, but can still see it. What color do you see?
Science shows that everyone's eyes see and interpret colors differently. Your visual cortex is responsible for processing the signals that your brain is sent from the eyes into images. Because of the white light used to take the picture in her home, some people saw the dress for its true color (blue & black,) and some people could only see the reflection of the light (white & gold). The people that saw flashes of both, a mixture of both, or completely different colors, have the ability to see past the reflection, but can still see it. What color do you see?