I never joined the discussion about the dress (I was actually removed from technology pretty much until after the whole debate died down, after which I experienced another interesting phenomenon).<p>But what is fascinating to me is that the day following the debate, I saw the image in Wired [1] and for the life of me could not possibly see black and blue no matter how hard I tried.<p>I just now read this article, looked at the image at the bottom, then tried to find the original Wired image, and now cannot see white and gold. The influence is so strong that part of me almost thinks it's not the same image.<p>It sort of reminds me of when I first figured out how to "see" those stereograms, and how once you know how to see one of them, seeing any of them is easy.<p>[1] <a href="http://www.wired.com/2015/02/science-one-agrees-color-dress/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wired.com/2015/02/science-one-agrees-color-dress/</a>