en_una_isla
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Does anyone else have chromesthesia or synesthesia? I have very strong chromesthesia, an association between colors and letters & numbers. When I see a word, I see the colors of the letters in my mind. A is blue, B is pink, C is yellow, and so on.
chromesthesia: the association of imaginary sensations of color with actual sensations of hearing, taste, or smell
synesthesia: Sensation produced at a point other than or remote from the point of stimulation, as of a color from hearing a certain sound
I have a photographic memory for phone numbers, but I actually am just remembering the sequence of colors in the phone number, not the numbers. So 817 I would remember as "green white yellow."
Here are my colors for 0-9:
0 clear
1 white
2 red
3 yellow
4 green
5 pink
6 blue-green
7 yellow
8 green
9 brown
Anyone else?
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| Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 10:24 am Post subject: |
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I have both. Since I can remember, I've always seen a background of color in my mind everytime I heard music. The color depends on what key the musical piece is in. Say, if I hear, "Material Word", I see a deep red or if I hear, "Satisfied" by Richard Marx, I first see blue and then orange when the song changes key toward the end.
As for numbers, letters, days of the week, months and the alphabet, I've always had a color for each one. "Sunday" is green, "June" is brown, C is red and the number 8 is a salmon pink.
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I probably associate colours with things etc but not like you guys.
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en_una_isla
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| Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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| nirrti_rachelle wrote: |
As for numbers, letters, days of the week, months and the alphabet, I've always had a color for each one. "Sunday" is green, "June" is brown, C is red and the number 8 is a salmon pink. |
I also have colors for the days of the week. Monday-- tan, Tuesday-- yellow, Wednesday-- green, Thursday-- brown, Friday-- blue, Saturday-- red, Sunday, reddish yellow.
nirrti, what are your colors for the digits 0-9?
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| Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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| en_una_isla wrote: | I also have colors for the days of the week. Monday-- tan, Tuesday-- yellow, Wednesday-- green, Thursday-- brown, Friday-- blue, Saturday-- red, Sunday, reddish yellow.
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Yes, Thursday is brown and Friday is blue indeed. But for me Monday is sky blue, Tuesday dark green, Wednesday is white, Saturday is silver and Sunday pure yellow.
For numbers I don't see colors. I see geometric forms that look like polyminoes.
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nirrti_rachelle
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| Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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| en_una_isla wrote: |
I also have colors for the days of the week. Monday-- tan, Tuesday-- yellow, Wednesday-- green, Thursday-- brown, Friday-- blue, Saturday-- red, Sunday, reddish yellow.
nirrti, what are your colors for the digits 0-9? |
Here's how I see numbers.....
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en_una_isla
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God bless America.
It looks so much better in the right colors  .
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:26 pm Post subject: Re: anyone else have chromesthesia/ synesthesia? |
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| en_una_isla wrote: | I have a photographic memory for phone numbers, but I actually am just remembering the sequence of colors in the phone number, not the numbers. So 817 I would remember as "green white yellow."
Here are my colors for 0-9:
0 clear
1 white
2 red
3 yellow
4 green
5 pink
6 blue-green
7 yellow
8 green
9 brown |
How do you distinguish 34 from 78? |
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en_una_isla
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 1:03 pm Post subject: Re: anyone else have chromesthesia/ synesthesia? |
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| magic wrote: | | en_una_isla wrote: | I have a photographic memory for phone numbers, but I actually am just remembering the sequence of colors in the phone number, not the numbers. So 817 I would remember as "green white yellow."
Here are my colors for 0-9:
0 clear
1 white
2 red
3 yellow
4 green
5 pink
6 blue-green
7 yellow
8 green
9 brown |
How do you distinguish 34 from 78? |
The two yellows and the two greens are different shades. 7 is a darker yellow than three, 4 is a brighter green than 8.
Chromesthesia is a subcategory of synesthesia, I guess.
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
...not quite spot on, but I can't be bothered to type out hex values for every character. |
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This is how I see numbers
0 clear
1 white
2 baby blue (like original Crest toothpaste)
3 pink
4 sky blue
5 tan/light brown
6 orange, like Orange Crush pop
7 grass green
8 red
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en_una_isla
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:07 pm Post subject: Re: ... |
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| Sophist wrote: | | Just wondering... Does anybody see shapes for numbers or letters? |
No, no shapes, but I do see colors for shapes. Circles, yellow; squares, red; triangles, orange; rectangle, dark red; ovals, green.
I see shapes for music, usually when I'm sleepy or on the very rare occasion I'm intoxicated.
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| I get shapes and textures for music, but it's more like sensing than seeing... there's a distinct physical location but my eyes aren't picking up anything unusual. |
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