Color Of 'The Dress' Debate: White & Gold Or Blue & Black Twitter Decides Hollywood Life Eleven years ago, a single photo posted on Tumblr sparked one of the biggest internet debates of all time. The dress instantly divided the world, some swore it was white and gold, Black and blue, or white and gold? 'The dress' turns 10 years old WFLA MmE5MTRjYWQ4MDNi.mp4 Remember when the internet went absolutely nuts on the colour of a dress? The dress was blue and black. The original viral poster, Caitlin McNeill, later said it was a black and blue dress Why nobody could agree on the color of that dress on X