Justice aside: Aren’t there more technical solutions to DSP/image processing reference images that enable readers to get a more accurate assessment of results

Justice aside: Aren’t there more technical solutions to DSP/image processing reference images that enable readers to get a more accurate assessment of results in a shorter time span? Or are humans naturally that hard-wired to commonplace imagery? I know colour perception for instance is extremely biased based on the context around it, so a Monet is perceived radically differently than for instance, a Pantone Catalogue in isolation