Synesthesia

[Beebs52]

I think there was a thread about this awhile back, or on fb, or whatever. Today something on Daily Mail.
Anyway...I see certain letters in particular colors, and numbers. Do you?

A is yellow, E is brown, I is black, O is white, U is blue or purple, 4 is yellow, 5 is black, 7 is green, 8 is sumpin.

[Vandal]

I think there was a thread about this awhile back, or on fb, or whatever. Today something on Daily Mail.
Anyway...I see certain letters in particular colors, and numbers. Do you?

A is yellow, E is brown, I is black, O is white, U is blue or purple, 4 is yellow, 5 is black, 7 is green, 8 is sumpin.

[Beebs52]

I think there was a thread about this awhile back, or on fb, or whatever. Today something on Daily Mail.
Anyway...I see certain letters in particular colors, and numbers. Do you?

A is yellow, E is brown, I is black, O is white, U is blue or purple, 4 is yellow, 5 is black, 7 is green, 8 is sumpin.

Ye of little faiith. Pshaw.

[littlebeast13]

I think there was a thread about this awhile back, or on fb, or whatever. Today something on Daily Mail.
Anyway...I see certain letters in particular colors, and numbers. Do you?

A is yellow, E is brown, I is black, O is white, U is blue or purple, 4 is yellow, 5 is black, 7 is green, 8 is sumpin.

Dafuq is wrong with you?

lb13

[tlynn78]

I think there was a thread about this awhile back, or on fb, or whatever. Today something on Daily Mail.
Anyway...I see certain letters in particular colors, and numbers. Do you?

A is yellow, E is brown, I is black, O is white, U is blue or purple, 4 is yellow, 5 is black, 7 is green, 8 is sumpin.

Ye of little faiith. Pshaw.

lol
I don't see sounds or hear colors or 'see' letters in color, but I do seem to be developing an automatic, uncontrollable eyeroll reflex whenever I see BS. Or B. Or S. Coincidence?

[Beebs52]

Please tell me you've heard of this. Otherwise I'll crap a yella A.

[tlynn78]

Please tell me you've heard of this. Otherwise I'll crap a yella A.

Definitely have heard of it. I'm not surprised, you're an artsy type to begin with. Maybe that's part of it. I don't think it means you're crazy. Well, to be perfectly clear, I don't think THAT means you're crazy.

[littlebeast13]

Please tell me you've heard of this. Otherwise I'll crap a yella A.

Definitely have heard of it. I'm not surprised, you're an artsy type to begin with. Maybe that's part of it. I don't think it means you're crazy. Well, to be perfectly clear, I don't think THAT means you're crazy.

I learned about this term six years ago or so from a (no longer active) blogger I followed who also did a lot of artsy stuff (Like Beebs, a piece of her art hangs in my room). I don't think it was colored letters and numbers with her, but I do recall she said she could "see" music....

lb13

[Beebs52]

Please tell me you've heard of this. Otherwise I'll crap a yella A.

Definitely have heard of it. I'm not surprised, you're an artsy type to begin with. Maybe that's part of it. I don't think it means you're crazy. Well, to be perfectly clear, I don't think THAT means you're crazy.

Thx. I am crazy but that ain't the cause...your name is navy blueish...

[silvercamaro]

Please tell me you've heard of this. Otherwise I'll crap a yella A.

Definitely have heard of it. I'm not surprised, you're an artsy type to begin with. Maybe that's part of it. I don't think it means you're crazy. Well, to be perfectly clear, I don't think THAT means you're crazy.

Thx. I am crazy but that ain't the cause...your name is navy blueish...

I can attest that Beebs is crazy (or downright lunar, if you get my drift), but only in the nicest and funniest possible ways.

[Estonut]

I see certain letters in particular colors, and numbers. Do you?

Spoiler

[Beebs52]

I see certain letters in particular colors, and numbers. Do you?

Spoiler

No outside sources please...

[Ritterskoop]

Oliver Sachs wrote about this several times. His books are very readable - I started with Musicophilia.

I'm not as actively recommending his final book, which was more of a memoir. I found his stories of patients better than some of his life story. But if you like his writing, it's still pretty good, just not a resource on synesthesia, for instance.

[Earl the Squirrel]

Please tell me you've heard of this. Otherwise I'll crap a yella A.

Of course I've heard of it! Although for years I didn't know it was actually a thing, because doesn't everyone see music, taste words and hear colours? Ha!

I seem to remember having a discussion about this a long time ago, maybe while talking about Stendahl Syndrome.

[Beebs52]

Please tell me you've heard of this. Otherwise I'll crap a yella A.

Of course I've heard of it! Although for years I didn't know it was actually a thing, because doesn't everyone see music, taste words and hear colours? Ha!

I seem to remember having a discussion about this a long time ago, maybe while talking about Stendahl Syndrome.

Yeah, what Earl said.

[ghostjmf]

Of course, being Bio Person, I 1st read of this long ago.

But I've never met anybody who had it!

Before.

Well, I haven't actually *met* you, but this counts.

[Beebs52]

Of course, being Bio Person, I 1st read of this long ago.

But I've never met anybody who had it!

Before.

Well, I haven't actually *met* you, but this counts.

I'm actually surprised that more peeps here don't have it to some extent. Maybe the analytical natures?
I don't taste anything but certainly see colors, shapes, etc in music. Maybe that's what fuels children's art/ concert series things?

[ghostjmf]

I have never read it about music. I think I would recall that.

Turn yourself in to the brain researchers, Beebs!

You must have some super circuits up there.

Its all wiring, of course. Being of "an analytical nature" shouldn't be pro or con it.

You know this often happens when people take LSD & other related drugs, don't you?
With colors aligned with numbers, at least. But it goes away when the "trip" is over.

[Beebs52]

I have never read it about music. I think I would recall that.

Turn yourself in to the brain researchers, Beebs!

You must have some super circuits up there.

Its all wiring, of course. Being of "an analytical nature" shouldn't be pro or con it.

You know this often happens when people take LSD & other related drugs, don't you?
With colors aligned with numbers, at least. But it goes away when the "trip" is over.

Never took lsd. THAT would have been scary.

[Beebs52]

I'm gonna take a survey of my immediate family. Fun

[Beebs52]

All righty. So far, dil-rock songs, poems, happy songs are colors. Son#1 has specific colors for letters.
Hah!

[ghostjmf]

Is DIL married to Son#1 & if so did they share this info while dating?

Did Son#1 never tell you this before now?

I would *like* this neurological feature, but could see where it could get in the way.

Are the colors primary colors, as in a crayon box, or more-subtle shades?

I really like wine reds, but hate crimson, so wouldn't want a number to be always associated with it.

[Beebs52]

Is DIL married to Son#1 & if so did they share this info while dating?

Did Son#1 never tell you this before now?

I would *like* this neurological feature, but could see where it could get in the way.

Are the colors primary colors, as in a crayon box, or more-subtle shades?

I really like wine reds, but hate crimson, so wouldn't want a number to be always associated with it.

No idea if they discussed.
Colors I see are straightforward except for the blue and green. Blue is muted and green is darker.

[ghostjmf]

As a spin-off comment, one of the things my retired art-librarian cousin was discussing with an art-librarian friend (before cuz died) is how amazed today's students, who have been getting all their classic art off the pics on the internet, are when they see the Real Thing.

Or even a faithful reproduction in a book.

Another spin-off comment is a story about a couple friends of mine in college, who did not know each other. When I asked to borrow their notes for a class I'd missed (2 diff classes), they each said "I don't think they will help you".

They each doodled designs in class. No notes; one did Celtic crosses (they were Irish), the other flower patterns (they painted them on their pottery, or embroidered them).

When each looked at a part of their art, they rememberd what the teacher had written on the board. For Celtic Cross person this was math equations, for Flower Pattern person, chemicsl formulae.

Well, Flower Pattern person did have some words, but not many.

[Beebs52]

I remember being underwhelmed by the Mona Lisa, at the Louvre, both its size and drabness.
I remember being bloown away by The Elder Sister, Bougereau, at Houston MFA