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Can you guess the colours in this picture?

  • The colours on a pair of sandals, a top and shorts is making people confused on the internet.
  • People are seeing different colours on the piece of clothing that's now gone viral on the internet.
  • Most seen colour combinations are teal and grey and pink and white.
nike athleisure colours

The internet has thrown many optical illusions at us and the latest entrant in that department is a Nike tank top, a pair of shorts and sandals. These items of clothing have successfully confused people around the globe as no one has been able to determine what shades are present on these items. 

It all started when Rachel Stewart, a Facebook user uploaded a picture of these items and asked, "Here we go again! What two colors do you see?" She added, "Dunno how others see anything other than pink and white?" What followed was a  barrage of comments from followers who said they saw turquoise and grey, others said they saw blue and grey while some eyes witnessed a green and grey combination. 

However, the BiNorth Collection, which is selling this ensemble, claimed on its Facebook page that the correct colour combination is blue and grey and not pink and white. Thankfully, this mystery, like "The Dress" which went viral in  2015, has also been solved.

One of the reasons why we see different colours in an image is due to the setting in which we view it. If a person sees a picture in yellow lights, they might perceive the colours in the image differently. Our brain also guesses a colour based on the background in the picture. In the case of the Nike athleisure picture, there's no background hence our brain guesses various colours based on the light that falls on it.Â