A picture of the controversial item of clothing, which was first shared on Tumblr by a 21-year-old singer named Caitlin McNeill, sparked a new war. Why? Some people thought it was white and gold others saw Blue and black. The real colour of the dress was of course blue and black.
Now it seems Facebook has compiled data on the dress to give us a sense of who saw what. Facebook’s data is limited in the sense that its based only on results posted by US-based users, but it’s quite an interesting read.
According to Facebook’s Data Science page, a whopping 42 percent of Facebook users who got embroiled in the debate, were on team Black and Blue, while 58 percent were on team White and Gold.
Gender difference was a big factor in deciding the colour teams. The Facebook Data Science page points out that they found a gender split when it came to the results: men were more likely to vote black and blue by 6 percentage points.
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