Can you taste colors?!


Question: Can you taste colors!?
me and my friend are having an argument on if you can taste colors or not!. I say you indeed can but he says that it doesn't make any sense!. Who is right!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
years ago in life magazine there was an article about color, where blind people could discern color by their feel!.
obviously, their sense of touch is heightned!.

i was about 10 or 12, but with a little practice i could figure out color by touch too!.

since our tongues are more sensitive, they could ascertain the differences too, but is this taste!? would the pigments taste different!?

if we use a loose definition of taste the answer is yes!.

if we use a traditional definition of taste, i'd say not!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

well I'd hate to rain on your parade but I can't see how you would taste colors!. I think what you are thinking of is that you associate a certain color with a certain taste and beleive you can taste color!.
Although there is also a certain disorder (not exactly a disorder) where your senses work differently and can sense different things!. (example: smell color, see sound, etc!.!.!.)

^not sure about that last thing with the disorder and all but I vaguely remember hearing something like that off the discovery channel when I was like 5Www@FoodAQ@Com

You can't taste colours, though it is true that many flavoured compounds are coloured, there is no match between colours and a specific taste!. Some similarly coloured foods - such as pizza topics and ketchup - are so coloured because they both contain tomatoes, not because there is any intrinsic link between taste and colours!. However, try spreading strawberry jam on your pasta and you'll taste something very different!Www@FoodAQ@Com

The human mind likes to believe it can see what it really cant!.!.!.another example would be ghosts!. Some people train their mind to believe they can and then convince themselves it actually happened!. If you actually tried very hard to taste a color your brain would think you did!. But if you asked someone who didn't care about what color they were tasting, it would most likley not work!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

Only those born with it can!. I saw something in discovery about this one person who can taste color because their senses are all junctioned as one!. There's even one where a man can taste the words he hears!. Crazy as it sounds it is true!. I forgot the title of the odcumnetary but it was phenomenal!Www@FoodAQ@Com

I don't think that you can taste colors!.
But certain colors can make you more hungry than others!.
For example;
Red, Orange, Yellow and Brown can make you want to eat!. Take notice to places like McDonald's!.!.!. they use three of these colors!.

Blue, Purple, Green, and Black don't seem so appetizing and usually aren't used for food packaging!.
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Only people who are indigo children can!. Indigo children are a new breed!. They can see music, taste color, smell music, and see through objects, in a way that they see their potential not what they are!. They see the world in a way no one can!. I think I'm one!. I can taste color!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

hate to say but i think your friend is right!. you cant specifically taste colors but i think we associate certain colors with a flavor or taste!. for instance, blue: blue raspberry, purple: grape, red: cherry, green: apple!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

I don't think it's the taste, I think it's the intensity of the color that adds to the taste!. Like, red (with low wavelengths) is a more sullen pang of flavor, and purple (with high wvl) is more sharp!. Catch my drift!? :)Www@FoodAQ@Com

you cannot taste color , it is a result of light!.
however, taste can be identified or sorted by color, so in that context you would be tasting a color!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Food dyes have no taste!. Natural colors like turmeric or Annatto or beet roots do have flavors!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

When I was 5 years old, I told people I could taste the different colors in M&M's!. They tested me with my eyes closed and were amazed! Not sure if it was luck or if I was really doing it but I really remember thinking I could! Www@FoodAQ@Com

i dont think so !.!.!. it depends color what!? like colored!.!.!.m&ms, paint etc!?

can u answer mine ^^

http://answers!.yahoo!.com/question/index;!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Well, are you now, or have you ever smoked marijuana!? If so, you may be experiencing a little brain trauma!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

Most people cant!. But I think there is a certain syndrome that has that effect on peoples senses!. I cant remember what it's called!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

no!.!.!. like you can taste things associated with them like lime-green !?Www@FoodAQ@Com

WHAT! can you taste colors!? thats crazy!. sorry to sound rude but WOAW!!! a color is something you see its not like i look at my candy say its not cady it tastes like yellow :(Www@FoodAQ@Com

YES, yes you canWww@FoodAQ@Com

colors often get asociated with flavors!. But you cannot taste a colrWww@FoodAQ@Com

i don't think so!.
but i believe you can "feel" colorsWww@FoodAQ@Com

no colors are just to make things look cool appetizing or nice you cant taste them good question though Www@FoodAQ@Com

totally can



















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well in a way u can
for example
a blue lollipop
its a color!.!.!.and u can taste it
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I say you totally can!.

P!.S pink does NOT taste like bubble gumWww@FoodAQ@Com

Do you mean food coloring!? cuz if thats the case than you could taste it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

i can taste the rainbow
but it tastes like shiitWww@FoodAQ@Com

When you're on LSD!. My friend said that yellow was screaming at her when she did LSD!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

yes purple is my favorite letterWww@FoodAQ@Com

i never gave but if you can im so jellus!.!.!.or not!.!.!.if they taste bad!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

i can taste purple in weedWww@FoodAQ@Com

it doesn't make any SenseWww@FoodAQ@Com





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