Remember the 'blue or white dress'? He still intrigues scientists

We know that internet memes have a relatively short shelf life. After the international explosion, in a few weeks they are completely forgotten by everyone - and after other weeks they are taken to the television auditorium programs. A very interesting example of this is "The Dress" ... that blue and black (or white and gold) dress that caused controversy on the world wide web.

But as much as it has been forgotten by almost all consumers and readers, scientists are still trying to find out more about it. And the proof of this lies in the fact that there are still many theories emerging in the academic circles of universities and research centers around the world. The most recent study is called "Large Individual Differences in Color Perception Discovered by 'The Dress' Photography."

In the text, the researchers raise a very interesting hypothesis, which tries to explain what other theorists have already said - in relation to perception being linked not to external sources of light at the time of visualization, but to the individual chronotype, which states that the organism acts differently. during the day.

Practical tests

If the lighting theory is correct and people have different perceptions according to exposure, we could predict that bright environments will show white / gold bias by nullifying the blue color. Just as dark environments would do the opposite. ” but after interviewing 1, 400 people they found that it did not return conclusive results and confirmed the hypothesis.

In short ... Scientists claim that the most widely accepted theories so far have not returned good results when conducted practical tests. That is, it is not yet possible to say the reasons why so many people believe that the dress has a different coloration than so many others see.

Via TecMundo