I was in my dining hall when someone asked me what color this dress is. 

I was so confused as to why she would ask me and thought that she was maybe color blind and just needed help.

"Blue and black," I responded.

"SEE! I TOLD YOU!" she yelled at her friend.

Her friend saw the dress as white and gold.

The color that I perceive as blue, she calls white. And what I see as black, she sees as gold.

Is it blue and black or white and gold?

The picture of this dress has been sent all over - in mulitple groupchats - and has been shown to random strangers just to see what their perception is.

There are rumors that if you see black and blue in the dress, you carry the gene to be colorblind. There are other rumors that near-sided people see blue and black while everyone else sees white and gold. 

Another possible explanation is that it has to do with how your eyes are calibrated to blue and yellow. According to this theory, the dress is actually blue and gold, but if your eyes calibrate more toward blue, the gold will look black. And if your eyes calibrate more toward yellow, the blue will look white.

Some people have seen two colors, then looked back at it and seen something else. 

We all may see different colors, but I have never seen something like this that has caused so much debate...and over a dress.

And that's what I love about psychology. We will never know what things look like from one another's point of view.

So, what color do you see? What color is this dress in actuality? And Is there any way to actually figure it out?