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The dress is actually white and gold.
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REFUTED
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Is it true that the dress is actually white and gold?
No. Multiple sources, including a peer-reviewed paper and an encyclopedia entry, state the actual dress was blue and black, with white-and-gold being a perceptual effect of the photograph.
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Evidence against · 4
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Blue-Black or White-Gold? Early Stage Processing and the Color of 'The Dress'. (n.d.). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161090
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Is this dress blue and black in colour?. (n.d.). skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/26865
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Wikipedia: The dress. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dress
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Segregation Analysis Suggests That a Genetic Reason May Contribute to “the Dress” Colour Perception. (n.d.). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165095
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