The reason behind color preference

If you ever wondered why you liked orange and not brown, here are some excerpts from an article I read this morning:

Would you drink brown tomato juice? If given a choice, most likely you would refuse the brown tomato juice in favor of the same stuff doped with an artificial chemical that stains the juice bright red.
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For some people, owning a green car is unthinkable. These shoppers will gladly pay hundreds of dollars more to obtain the vehicle in a different color, or they will reject the green car and select an entirely different automobile in a color they favor.
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Do foreign cartoons affect people’s choice patterns?

Laurie Santos told us how American children enjoy having heaps of stuff to choose from and act irritated if a third-party would make the choice for them. On the other hand, children born in Eastern Europe prefer fewer choices because this is how we grew up. Continue reading