Is this handbag white or blue?

  • 07/10/2016
The bag that has divided opinion (Twitter / @whyofcorso)
The bag that has divided opinion (Twitter / @whyofcorso)

Is this bag blue or white? That's the question dividing opinion on social media, in a debate to rival the striped dress controversy of 2015.

The Kate Spade purse has even spawned its own hashtag, #MyBag, to match a similar hashtag given to the white and gold (or was that black and blue?) dress when that went viral last year.

The new debate erupted when user @whyofcorso tweeted a picture of the handbag with a caption that read: "Everyone say hello to my new baby".

That sparked a response from @Mr_Bingo_Little, who commended her bravery for choosing white, presumably as it's a colour that easily marks.

The original poster kept her response simple: "It's blue."

What do you think?

The original poster's tweet gained worldwide attention, garnering 2347 likes and 437 retweets, as the internet attempted to solve the mystery.

Responding to a barrage of criticism and indignation regarding her claims that her new handbag was actually blue, @whyofcorso felt compelled to provide evidence of her purchase.

Another user posted a secondary photo of the same bag, to verify that it indeed was 'Mystic Blue' - not white.

Is this handbag white or blue?

The bag looks clearly more 'Mystic Blue' than white in this picture (Twitter)

So, while it's clear the photo was perhaps just poorly lit - or for the cynics among us, deliberately posted to mislead the masses - it hasn't stopped the debate raging on.

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