Was the dress gold and white or blue and black? NSF U.S. National Science Foundation The dress turned 11 and it's STILL white and gold PERIOD. Eleven years later the color swatches are right there and people who see blue and black are proving your eyes lie Here's why people saw the dress differently. Happy 10th anniversary to the original photograph of "The Dress" and the subsequent internet debate over white and gold or black and blue : r popculturechat White Gold Glitter Gala Maxi Dress STYLE US Here's why people saw the dress differently.