corset dress red and black Zapaka Women Mermaid Long Prom Off The Shoulder Velvet Ruched Party Dress with Slit, Black Red / US20W shoulder evening gowns for prom. Red Striped Gothabilly Dress M

We love pairing ours with party heels and sparkly earrings to really turn heads

Personally I think its more to do here with reflecting the dark in the top and bottom of the outfit, like the point on ties discussed here, but there are certainly associations in here too

Moffit and Brown do a great job of explaining the phenomenon using a color cube: The two middle squares on this color cube appear to be different colors

"And sometimes, maybe it appears to be a thing, I don't know." In the 1972 film "Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire" (which translates to "The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe" in English), actress Mireille Darc wore a deep-cut, backless dress that stole the show