[View the story "What colour is #TheDress? Memes sweep the web" on Storify ]What colour is #TheDress? Memes sweep the web There's only one thing that was trending across the world early Friday - what colour is #TheDress? From an initial debate sparked by the white and gold photo to viral memes, the debate raged across the web. Storified by CTVNews.ca · Fri, Feb 27 2015 17:51:37
guys please help me - is this dress whit...swiked
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The model who reportedly first modelled the dress posted her verdict on Instagram. Yep, it's blue and black.
LAURA COLEMAN on Instagram: "Okay so I was the first to wear this dress and just to confirm it's definitely black and blue! #thedress""Okay so I was the first to wear this dress and just to confirm it's definitely black and blue! #thedress"
Even this week's llamas, which were on the lam, got in on the debate:
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One person who claims they bought the dress left a comment in Amazon's review section, saying: "Robbed a bank in this dress. Nobody could agree on a proper description of me. Sketch artist's head exploded. Got away. Fantastic."
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Sesame Street and Lego weighed in:
Me think cookie is chocolate chip but @Elmo think it oatmeal raisin. We no can decide! Help! http://t.co/KLKsqsl5aptwitter
#whiteandgold or #blackandblue? We found a way around science- you can have both! #TheDress #dressgate http://t.co/5oj3ZTqOWkLEGO
The experts at Adobe, behind photo editing software Photoshop, identified the colours in the dress photo:
For those seeing #WhiteandGold in #TheDress (http://t.co/pNG9tXu5pU), @HopeTaylorPhoto ends the debate. http://t.co/W7TwQJy13mtwitter
Then other brands got involved with the debate:
Forget #TheDress. This is the next big debate of 2015. http://t.co/UeiNJWyW4jtwitter
#BlackAndBlue or #WhiteAndGold? http://t.co/km9yH9N1cdCars.com
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