Individual Differences in the Perception of Color Solutions
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Color Solutions
2.3. Statistics
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Presentation Order | Color | Preparation |
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1 | Orange | 2.5 mg Chromotrope FB + 45 mg Quinoline Yellow/100 mL water |
2 | White | Milk, fat content 1.5% (UHT, Valio, Helsinki, Finland) |
3 | Blue | 2.5 mg Patent Blue V, sodium salt/100 mL water |
4 | Yellow | 50 mg Quinoline Yellow/100 mL water |
5 | Green | 25 mg Quinoline Yellow + 1.25 mg Patent Blue V, sodium salt/100 mL water |
6 | Red | 25 mg Chromotrope FB/100 mL water |
1. | 2. | 3. | |
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Most pleasant | Red 37% | Orange 22% | White 14% |
Least pleasant | White 29% | Yellow 22% Green 22% | Blue 20% |
Most healthy | White 53% | Red 22% | Green 14% |
Least healthy | Blue 65% | Green 16% | Yellow 13% |
Most sweet | Red 34% Orange 34% | Yellow 13% | Green 9% |
Least sweet | White 49% | Yellow 20% | Blue 19% |
Most sour | Yellow 54% | Red 24% | Orange 11% |
Least sour | White 67% | Red 8% Orange 8% | Blue 7% |
% Subjects Selecting as 1st in the Attribute | p Chi-Square * | p Mann–Whitney ** | |
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Gender | |||
Red–healthiness | Females 17% Males 40% | 0.001 | 0.008 |
Red–sweetness | Females 39% Males 18% | 0.013 | 0.020 |
Red–sourness | Females 19% Males 40% | 0.006 | 0.007 |
BMI | |||
White–healthiness | Normal weight 61%, overweight 45% | 0.029 | 0.06 |
Orange–sweetness | Normal weight 28% Overweight 43% | 0.029 | 0.024 |
Orange–sourness | Normal weight 15% Overweight 5% | 0.022 | 0.035 |
Age | |||
White–healthiness | Younger 61% Older 45% | 0.024 | 0.028 |
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Hoppu, U.; Puputti, S.; Aisala, H.; Laaksonen, O.; Sandell, M. Individual Differences in the Perception of Color Solutions. Foods 2018, 7, 154. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods7090154
Hoppu U, Puputti S, Aisala H, Laaksonen O, Sandell M. Individual Differences in the Perception of Color Solutions. Foods. 2018; 7(9):154. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods7090154
Chicago/Turabian StyleHoppu, Ulla, Sari Puputti, Heikki Aisala, Oskar Laaksonen, and Mari Sandell. 2018. "Individual Differences in the Perception of Color Solutions" Foods 7, no. 9: 154. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods7090154
APA StyleHoppu, U., Puputti, S., Aisala, H., Laaksonen, O., & Sandell, M. (2018). Individual Differences in the Perception of Color Solutions. Foods, 7(9), 154. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods7090154