I always saw blue and black, no idea how anyone could see it as white and gold unless they were colorblind tbh

I am not colourblind afaik and I could not for the llife pf me see it as blue and black. The lighting just made no sense fpr that to be the case.

Ok this confirms my suspicion! In order for it to be white and gold you’d need to see the dress as in shadow. I always assumed it was in light because the image was lile blown out max lighting, but if you then assume that since it’s backlit the dress is in shadow and there isn’t significant front lighting, it could actually be white and gold. This theory has been nagging at me for YEARS and you just solved it, thank you!