Tag: dressgate
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It’s Happening Again: What Color is This Nail Polish?
Remember that whole thing about the dress? You can read all about it HERE. What color (or colour!) was it? White and Gold or Blue and Black or Who The Hell Cares? In any case, the internet is all aflutter today about some nail polish and a stiletto. Yup, the hashtag #TheShoe is all over…
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25% of People Have a 4th Cone and Can See Colors as They Really Are
Given the sudden interest in the color of dresses and vision (see HERE to find out if that dress was white and gold or blue and black!), we thought we’d share with you some fascinating findings that Prof. Diana Derval made recently. The color nuances we see depend on the number and distribution of cones (=color receptors) in our…
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The Science of Why This Dress is Different Colors to Different People
The Internet is going crazy debating the colors of this dress, with #thedress, #whiteandgold, #blueandblack, #dressgate and other hashtags trending on twitter world-wide. According to three quarters of the people in one poll (including the author), it is gold and white. On the other hand, a solid minority see it as black and blue. . People have…