Sure, the two halves are identical. Incidentally, if you tip your screen (or stand up if you're on a desktop) you'll see that density change.

I'm sorry to have presented a ridiculosity. When I started on this site I happily jumped in with both feet, thinking I could contribute and/or learn something. What I quickly learned is that there are far too many quick-on-the-trigger types who belittle and sneer. I went away for months, but I thought I'd come back and see if anything changed.

Guess not.

Saw this the other day, a coworker saw blue and I saw gold, on the same phone, same time, same lighting. I didn't know what it was about or have any preconceived notion of what I was supposed to see.

Photographers (should) know that cameras record color different than the human eye sees color, so why all the skepticism and negativity about this image? Apparently there is some biological reason for it. And it's a great example of how differently we are all wired!

Could there possibly be something to learn from it? Yes, for some, but alas not for others, because for them, it's a waste of energy to try to open their minds to something new because they already know everything there is to know.

If anybody has already brought this up, I apologize, but I did a pretty thorough search and it doesn't look like it. There has been a mostly friendly controversy over the actual color of a dress that has gone viral on the web (see below). The version that first appeared on the internet is the one in the middle.

When I first saw the picture, I identified the dress as white with gold trim. I saw the unmistakable blue cast, but I still identified the dress as white, just assuming that there was skylight reflected in the white since it was obviously backlit. My wife looked at the same picture and also saw a white dress with gold trim.

Later I saw the version on the right, which turns out to be correct: the actual dress is blue, with black trim.

Well, long story shorter, there has been a lot of science published on this thing (as to exactly why the dress was perceived by some as white and others as blue) but I got thinking, well duh (!), if I look closely, all I had to see (I think :shock: ) is that the background is so badly blown out on all the pictures that that would skew the colors. Right?

Well, that's what I think. :mrgreen: What do you think?

If anybody has already brought this up, I apologize, but I did a pretty thorough search and it doesn't look like it. There has been a mostly friendly controversy over the actual color of a dress that has gone viral on the web (see below). The version that first appeared on the internet is the one in the middle.

When I first saw the picture, I identified the dress as white with gold trim. I saw the unmistakable blue cast, but I still identified the dress as white, just assuming that there was skylight reflected in the white since it was obviously backlit. My wife looked at the same picture and also saw a white dress with gold trim.

Later I saw the version on the right, which turns out to be correct: the actual dress is blue, with black trim.

Well, long story shorter, there has been a lot of science published on this thing (as to exactly why the dress was perceived by some as white and others as blue) but I got thinking, well duh (!), if I look closely, all I had to see (I think :shock: ) is that the background is so badly blown out on all the pictures that that would skew the colors. Right?

Well, that's what I think. :mrgreen: What do you think?

Sure, the two halves are identical. Incidentally, if you tip your screen (or stand up if you're on a desktop) you'll see that density change.

I'm sorry to have presented a ridiculosity. When I started on this site I happily jumped in with both feet, thinking I could contribute and/or learn something. What I quickly learned is that there are far too many quick-on-the-trigger types who belittle and sneer. I went away for months, but I thought I'd come back and see if anything changed.

Guess not.