‘The Shoe’ is the new ‘The Dress’: which nail polish would you match to this high heel?

Hundreds threaten to quit Twitter after another colour debate becomes an online sensation
Not again: 'The Shoe' is dividing opinion (Picture: Twitter)
Liz Connor10 July 2015

If this year’s debate on ‘blue and black or white and gold’ didn’t drive you crazy enough, get ready for round two, because there’s a new optical illusion dividing the internet.

This time, people can’t seem to agree on which shade of nail polish matches a purple shoe.

Dubbed ‘The Shoe’. the picture shows a high-heel with two different shades of nail polish — the left, a purple color; the right, a pink color. “Which colour does the shoe match best?” Twitter user @totallymendes tweeted, completely unaware of the impending social media uproar it would cause.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">WHICH COLOR MATCHES THE SHOES THE BEST <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&amp;id=222025&amp;p=http://t.co/Qv3mpOOf8w" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-7476-http://t.co/Qv3mpOOf8w" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/Qv3mpOOf8w</a>— a (@totallymendes) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/totallymendes/status/618898681912279041" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-7476-https://twitter.com/totallymendes/status/618898681912279041" data-vars-event-id="c23">July 8, 2015</a>

The debate is currently raging on Twitter, with many users taking to the platform to express their frustration at another colour argument dominating the platform, just months after ‘The Dress’ epidemic:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">OMG NOT AGAIN <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/theshoe?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-7476-https://twitter.com/hashtag/theshoe?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#theshoe</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&amp;id=222025&amp;p=http://t.co/RdW9k2U6em" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-7476-http://t.co/RdW9k2U6em" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/RdW9k2U6em</a>— FREDDY (@FreddyAmazin) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/FreddyAmazin/status/618957315652202496" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-7476-https://twitter.com/FreddyAmazin/status/618957315652202496" data-vars-event-id="c23">July 9, 2015</a>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/theshoe?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-7476-https://twitter.com/hashtag/theshoe?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#theshoe</a> really guys??!!?!!?? Let's not go through this again like <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheDress?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-7476-https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheDress?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#TheDress</a> cause it's just clearly obvious it's the RIGHT ONE!!!— Krystina Tasker (@KrystinaTasker) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/KrystinaTasker/status/619540491093159936" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-7476-https://twitter.com/KrystinaTasker/status/619540491093159936" data-vars-event-id="c23">July 10, 2015</a>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I don't get what everyone's problem is. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheShoe?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-7476-https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheShoe?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#TheShoe</a> is clearly white and gold. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&amp;id=222025&amp;p=https://t.co/p15tetASL6" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-7476-https://t.co/p15tetASL6" data-vars-event-id="c23">https://t.co/p15tetASL6</a>— David Blattman (@davidblattman) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/davidblattman/status/619538151342755840" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-7476-https://twitter.com/davidblattman/status/619538151342755840" data-vars-event-id="c23">July 10, 2015</a>

Is it fuschia? Is it magenta? Will we ever reach a conclusion?

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