Is this handbag white or blue?

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.

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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