Can you taste red food coloring?

I used to work in a bakery, and did so for about 2½ years. I couldn’t tell you how many customers specifically told me that they didn’t want any red frosting used because “the food coloring makes the frosting taste really weird”. Or how many people called me after I had already made their cake, only to say, “Oh, yeah! No red frosting, it tastes funny”.

So which kind of person are you? Do you belong in camp “I Can Taste It”, or do you belong in camp “I Can’t Taste It”? Or am I the only weirdo in the world who has no clue what these people were talking about?