The Great Dress Debate: White and Gold or Blue and Black? Is the dress blue or gold? The phenomenon originated in a photograph of a dress posted on Facebook in 2015. The dress was black and blue, but the conditions of the photograph Original Blue Black White Gold Dress Viral Dress Debate: Blue Black White Gold? 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