Perceived age

red-green contrast decreases perceived age in humans.

“faces tended to appear younger when their redness was accentuated, even though average face redness increases with age.”

Humanswhen redness was accentuatedface

Facial color properties affect perceived age · bioRxiv · 6 Oct 2026 · Preprint

facial color predicts perceived age in humans.

“Our findings demonstrate that natural age-related color changes do provide cues for age perception, dissociable from luminance information.”

Humansdissociable from luminance informationface

Facial color properties affect perceived age · bioRxiv · 6 Oct 2026 · Preprint