Debating the Color of the Viral Dress from 2015: Black & Blue or White & Gold? Prom Dresses without a Leg Slit Lady Black Tie Chic Spaghetti Strap Gold Prom Dress, Sleeveless Prom Party Gowns Oh no I think my 6 year old son is colorblind!!!!! his shirt is black and his button is blue and he says the dress are the same colors as his shirt and pin. Theres no way . Its clearly white and Eleven years ago today, an image of a dress posted on Tumblr, a social networking platform, ignited a global online debate over whether it was white and gold or blue and black.