Science For Everyone: What We Smell Changes The Way We Perceive Different Colours

Science For Everyone: This week, in ABP Live's science column, we will discuss why the odours we smell influence how we perceive different colours. 

Science For Everyone: A new study shows that the odours one smells influences how they perceive colours. For example, after smelling coffee, one may wrongly perceive “grey“ to be a red-brown colour. When one smels caramel, they may perceive grey as a bluish colour.

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Colours and smell: Welcome back to “Science For Everyone”, ABP Live’s weekly science column. Last week, we discussed what Disease X is, and how deadly it is compared to Ebola. This week, we will look at an intriguing study, which has found that odours we smell influence how we perceive different colours.  If we have smelt a certain odour, it can change the way we perceive a familiar colour, according to the study, published in Frontiers in Psychology. Our senses and