The color you see in the shoe in the photo determines how your brain perceives colors.

Maybe you remember the controversy that went viral a few years ago about the image of a dress that was blue and black for some and white and gold for others.

Today, to live a similar experience, the awesome.club brings the image of a sneaker that, depending on the color you see, determines how your brain perceives colors.

The image above has become super popular over the last few days and that’s not because the sneaker is beautiful or because the photo itself is beautiful (after all, the angle looks a little weird). The image is quite normal, as if it was made by an amateur.

What’s interesting about it is that people looking at it can’t agree on the color of the shoe. Some think he’s gray with green dashes and others claim he’s pink with white dashes. Why does it happen?

According to Jordi Monés, an ophthalmologist who used the case of the dress to present his idea, colors are not something concrete; they don’t really exist. In fact, they are perceptions. Therefore, objects do not have a certain color. Including a certain object within a color scale depends on the development of our retina.

Based on this explanation, the doctor guarantees that our brain is not designed to make color assessments; it just makes comparisons with the background and the colors that are next to the object we are looking at.

If we think about what was said before, we are able to perceive a yellow wall during the day, but if we see it at night, or illuminated by a lot of light and with chromatic contrasts, it will be perceived differently.

These differences in interpretation may be slight and not cause arguments; however, in the case of the sneaker photo, in which the light does not favor the object, the confusion is notorious and makes us realize that it is not the same for everyone: the chromatic perception of the sneaker in the foreground is different depending on the perspective of who see.

Betting with a friend on the color of the shoe can be a lot of fun. If you said it’s pink and white, you’re right. His brand is Vans and the model does not come in the gray and green option. But we think the company should take advantage of the controversy and release it in these colors next season.

What color do you see? Share your answer in the comments to let us know what the most common perception is among our readers.