What happens when you lose sight when you’re eating? A New York City restaurant known as Dinner in the Dark sharpens our other senses, including our senses of taste. According to Grub Street, the owner was truly aware of how much the presence or absence of effective color affects taste. She noticed that guests blindly guessed that the corn soup was butternut her squash or sweet potatoes. Both come from an orange palette.

Taste, like smell and taste, is heavily influenced by vision, according to Science Friday. For example, wine experts have even been tricked into guessing their favorite alcohol incorrectly when adding a few drops of red food coloring to white wine. , just changing the shade does not affect the taste. Still, associations with certain colors and flavors already exist, such as sweet pinks and reds, which can affect an individual’s perception of taste.

With all this in mind, it may be time to have some fun with the wine lovers in your life.All you need is white wine and red food coloring.