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?
Long-term, excessive consumption of instant coffee may be linked to an increased risk of developing dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in individuals with a genetic predisposition to the condition. Dry AMD affects the macula, the part of the retina responsible for sharp, detailed, and color vision, and its progression can lead to permanent loss of central vision.
Thanks for this.