Dress colour mystery solved? Expert says we're ALL RIGHT and here's why The Mirror Eleven years ago, a single photo posted on Tumblr sparked one of the biggest internet debates of all time. The dress instantly divided the world, some swore it was white and gold, The dress' went viral 10 years ago and taught us the science of color Can you believe its been 10 years already?, In 2015, this dress absolutely broke the internet. , Some people saw white and gold. , Others were convinced it was blue and black. , And a decade Dressgate: If you saw THAT dress as white your brain was working overtime