title Fashion has found its colour of the season and it is unapologetically purple. From the recent runways to the best dressed lists, this commanding hue is making itself at home across ELI5:Why does this dress appear white gold to some people and black blue to others? : r explainlikeimfive White and gold or blue and black what colour is the dress? An eyewitness gives a definitive answer The Independent The Independent The Color Theory Behind The Dress: White and Gold? Blue and Black? Science explains how time spent outdoors colors your view of #thedress Los Angeles Times White and gold? Or blue and black? Dress sets the Internet ablaze with color debate