It's kind of common for people to think that they like something while getting objectively worse results. For example, people learning sequentially feel like th

It's kind of common for people to think that they like something while getting objectively worse results. For example, people learning sequentially feel like they've learned the materials but are outperformed by people who were forced to learn the topic out of sequence. So I think conclusion such as "people think they prefer it, but actually, information retention is much higher with white background" is quite applicable despite you thinking that's not true.