For the record, the dress is definitely black and blue. But it appears white and gold to some people due to a phenomenon called color constancy and the way that our brains interpret colors.

Blue” has been one of the last colors to receive a name in nearly every culture, perhaps because of its rare occurrence in ...

Imani Perry traces the history and symbolism of the color blue, from the indigo of the slave trade, to Coretta Scott King's wedding dress, to... A new book explains what the color blue can teach ...