Sex, eye-color, and aesthetic ratings of colors

42 subjects provided aesthetic ratings of 10 pure hues and 36 of 8 complex colors. Sex differences appeared in both experiments, while significant differences in ratings associated with the subject's eye-color (blue versus brown) appeared only for some complex colors (both as a main effect and in interaction with sex and language factors). The interaction of sex and rated color with subjects' eye-color creates difficulties in the interpretation of effects of eye-color.