LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoWho remembers this? piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square292fedilinkarrow-up1517arrow-down147
arrow-up1470arrow-down1imageWho remembers this? piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneLadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square292fedilink
minus-squareTheRealKuni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 hours agoIt’s more about the colors around it. This image from Wikipedia does a really good job illustrating the effect. Context is extremely important in identifying color. As Technology Connections tells us, for example, “brown is just orange with context.”
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·4 hours agoWhat always confused me is, the picture clearly seems to be overexposed, which means the blue/black interpretation should be obvious.
minus-squareTheRealKuni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 hours agoI agree. But my wife was so firmly in the white/gold camp that I had to find this (and a better image of the actual dress, which is indeed blue and black) to help us understand one another’s perspective.
It’s more about the colors around it. This image from Wikipedia does a really good job illustrating the effect.
Context is extremely important in identifying color. As Technology Connections tells us, for example, “brown is just orange with context.”
What always confused me is, the picture clearly seems to be overexposed, which means the blue/black interpretation should be obvious.
I agree. But my wife was so firmly in the white/gold camp that I had to find this (and a better image of the actual dress, which is indeed blue and black) to help us understand one another’s perspective.