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The mother of the bride wore white and gold. Or was it blue and black?<\/p>\n

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From a photograph of the dress the bride posted online, there was broad disagreement. A few days after the wedding last weekend on the Scottish island of Colonsay, a member of the wedding band was so frustrated by the lack of consensus that she posted a picture of the dress on Tumblr, and asked her followers for feedback.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was just looking for an answer because it was messing with my head,\u201d said Caitlin McNeill, a 21-year-old singer and guitarist.<\/p>\n

Within a half-hour, her post attracted some 500 likes and shares. The photo soon migrated to Buzzfeed and Facebook and Twitter, setting off a social media conflagration that few were able to resist.<\/p>\n

As the debate caught fire across the Internet \u2014 even scientists could not agree on what was causing the discrepancy \u2014 media companies rushed to get articles online. Less than a half-hour after Ms. McNeil\u2019s original Tumblr post, Buzzfeed posted a poll: \u201cWhat Colors Are This Dress?\u201d As of Friday afternoon, it had been viewed more than 28 million times. (White and gold was winning handily.)<\/p>\n

At its peak, more than 670,000 people were simultaneously viewing Buzzfeed\u2019s post. Between that and the rest of Buzzfeed\u2019s blanket coverage of the dress Thursday night, the site easily smashed its previous records for traffic. So did Tumblr.<\/p>\n

Everyone, it seems, had an opinion. And everyone was convinced that he, or she, was right.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t understand this odd dress debate and I feel like it\u2019s a trick somehow,\u201d Taylor Swift wrote on Twitter. \u201cPS it\u2019s OBVIOUSLY BLUE AND BLACK.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIT\u2019S A BLUE AND BLACK DRESS!\u201d wrote Mindy Kaling. \u201cARE YOU KIDDING ME,\u201d she continued, including an unprintable modifier for emphasis.
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