That could definitely play a part, but when it was going around I saw it on a bunch of android phones, iphones, and on my computer, and I could never see white and gold. Also, I could see the blue and black on the same device as a friend who saw white and gold

Interesting. I have never once seen the white/gold in the original photo, only blue/black.

I only ask because both that illusion and this one work only if people misinterpret the lighting. I’m curious to see if other people here have the same correlation

They all look right side up to me, I’m pretty sure the shadows make it so it can’t look upside down, I can’t get it even to appear that way at all. I’m curious OP, with the famous dress, did you see black and blue or white and gold?