Perceptual mapping provided more subconscious perceptions than the categorizing task because consumers were asked to describe products based on packaging design according to their own criteria. The criteria that appeared in the perceptual mapping task were different than those that appeared in the categorizing task. In other words, the criteria described by the consumer were different than those the researcher had taken into account. This implies that the appearance attributes retrieved using the categorizing task do not give an objective and accurate overview of how consumers perceive products based on packaging design