The dress

Summary

The dress is an internet meme^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of internet_meme entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,474 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• The dress is the creator of Caitlin McNeill^[3].
• The dress's image is recorded as Wikipe-tan wearing The Dress reduced.svg^[4].
• The dress's instance of is recorded as internet meme^[5].
• The dress's instance of is recorded as optical illusion image^[6].
• The dress's depicts is recorded as dress^[7].
• The dress's location is recorded as Colonsay^[8].
• The dress's Commons category is recorded as The dress^[9].
• The dress's country of origin is recorded as Scotland^[10].
• The dress's start time is recorded as +2015-02-25T00:00:00Z^[11].
• The dress's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012z250w^[12].
• The dress's main subject is recorded as optical illusion^[13].
• The dress's facet of is recorded as color perception^[14].
• The dress's facet of is recorded as lighting^[15].
• The dress's BBC Things ID is recorded as 031cdad6-998e-42e2-b3d8-73988630afb6^[16].
• The dress's hashtag is recorded as thedress^[17].
• The dress's hashtag is recorded as whiteandgold^[18].
• The dress's hashtag is recorded as blackandblue^[19].
• The dress's hashtag is recorded as dressgate^[20].
• The dress's Quora topic ID is recorded as Viral-Ambiguously-Colored-Dress-February-2015^[21].
• The dress's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 드레스 색깔 문제^[22].
• The dress's Know Your Meme slug is recorded as the-dress-what-color-is-this-dress^[23].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include internet meme^[5] and optical illusion image^[6].

Why It Matters

The dress ranks in the top 2% of internet_meme entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,474 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]