I love drinking coffee — and sometimes I even eat it raw every day. Recently, I’ve started noticing that colours don’t look as vivid as before. Some shades even seem to blend together — like orange looking more like red, white appearing off-white, and off-white looking like cream.
As an artist, this has really affected my painting — the colours often turn out looking awkward.
Has anyone else experienced something like this? Can long-term coffee or caffeine use actually affect colour vision over time?
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I drink a whole pot of coffee every morning and have for years, it’s never affected my perception of color! I’ve never heard of that, I hope you can find a solution and what the actual problem is.
I pray so. Thank you.
I pray so too my friend you’re very welcome!!
Though now a days I don’t drink coffee so much much like I used to, I hadn’t noticed some such effects of discoloration. Kenneth, that might be a different issue altogether.
I guess as much
I also understand, too much of everything must have side effects.
Life’s general adage.
Life’s general adage
I drink 3-4 cups of coffee with 3 spoons/shovels of sugar each morning. I have not noticed any color vision changes.
You should go have an eye exam. I wish you good luck and pray that your vision colors will be restored. 🙏🏻
Amen and thanks for the suggestion.
Coffee is life for me and my color vision is still good.
Another point of view.
Thanks for this.