anyone else have chromesthesia/ synesthesia?

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02 Nov 2005, 9:58 am

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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02 Nov 2005, 10:24 am

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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02 Nov 2005, 11:43 am

I probably associate colours with things etc but not like you guys.

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02 Nov 2005, 12:15 pm

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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02 Nov 2005, 2:09 pm

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.

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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02 Nov 2005, 6:16 pm

en_una_isla wrote:

Here's how I see numbers.....

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

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03 Nov 2005, 9:40 am

God bless America.

It looks so much better in the right colors :lol: .

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03 Nov 2005, 11:07 am

I had always thought Chromesthesia was a subcategory under Synesthesia. Hmmm...

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03 Nov 2005, 12:26 pm

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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03 Nov 2005, 1:03 pm

magic wrote:

en_una_isla wrote:

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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05 Nov 2005, 1:06 pm

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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05 Nov 2005, 1:23 pm

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
9 brown

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05 Nov 2005, 2:24 pm

Just wondering... Does anybody see shapes for numbers or letters?

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06 Nov 2005, 5:07 pm

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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06 Nov 2005, 6:39 pm

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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08 Nov 2005, 11:29 am

I found out the other day that yes I have chromaesthesia - I'd never realised that not everyone else associates just about everything with colours. I got a few weird looks in maths when I mentioned it to my friend!

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