@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2026.1446, 

TITLE={Color perception and taste for abstract paintings}, 
  
AUTHOR={Karl Heinz Szekielda, }, 
	
JOURNAL={Art and Science}, 
	
VOLUME={10}, 

NUMBER={Issue 1}, 
	
YEAR={2026}, 

URL={https://www.openscience.fr/Color-perception-and-taste-for-abstract-paintings}, 
	
DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2026.1446}, 
	
ISSN={2515-8767}, 
	
ABSTRACT={This article raises the fundamental questions whether all humans are experiencing the same color and taste. Color perception is significantly impacted when the eye loses capability to discriminate color gradients that lead to a shift to more gray and yellow. Cognitive differences are observed between men and women for the perception of color because women can differentiate more shades of colors than males and they have also a wider color spectrum than men. However the complexity in judgment on color is primarily based on the educational level of a viewer and his experience in visual perception. The evaluation of color and taste therefore is subjective and is based almost entirely on personal experience. There is not a single satisfactory answer to the question of whether a particular color and taste is the right one or not, or why we interpret color differently.}}