can you hear colors?

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i read someplace that people on the spectrum are more likely to hear colors, see sounds, etc. never happened to me, though.

Well, if someone were to yell out, "blue!" I guess I would.

But otherwise, it's impossible as far as I can tell.

Hear them no. Feel them and taste them yes.
But i think that is just suggestion.
Blue is cold and red is hot.
Yellow is lemon and purple is grape.

I smell and taste colors, some sounds cause me pain, lights make sounds - especially electric lights, it can be challenging and adds to sensory processing overload. Other times the sensory intercommunication adds a sort of richness to experiences. I have cerebellar dysplasia that apparently produces this. I'm about to get evaluated for sensory integration therapy, which may help with sensory processing.

I smell and taste colors, some sounds cause me pain, lights make sounds - especially electric lights, it can be challenging and adds to sensory processing overload. Other times the sensory intercommunication adds a sort of richness to experiences. I have cerebellar dysplasia that apparently produces this. I'm about to get evaluated for sensory integration therapy, which may help with sensory processing.

Not me, but my niece, my sister's eldest daughter, had a bizarre ability when she was a child. I don't know if she can still do it. She could feel colors with her fingers while blindfold. Swear on my life, and I've never been able to figure it out, aside from maybe being a form of synesthesia. We made sure she couldn't see a thing, then guided her finger over printed pictures in a magazine. She would rattle off: "Red. Brown. White. Blue. Green." And she was right every time. Printed paper probably has a different texture to each ink, but how would she even know the textures? It was very odd. I have also had suspicions she and her mother, my sister, might possible be on the spectrum. Among other things my sister skin-picks exactly the same place and way that I do.

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How can You hear colors? Colors makes noises?

No. But I can perceive sound as light.

When I was in 2nd and 3rd grade, I experienced what you could call synthesia toward songs. My school had a music class, where the teacher played kid-friendly songs (not necessarily children's songs) on a piano or a cassette player. Over time, I somehow started "hearing" colors in different songs, and they depended on the general tone of the song: tempo (speed), register (pitch), timbre (sharpness), or tonality (mood). Very little had to do with the lyrics, although as a general rule, energetic or "happy" songs fit into red and yellow, while soothing or "sad" songs fit into blue and green. Black was a stronger version of blue and green, and white was for songs I just couldn't wrap my mind around, usually classical music or songs with an ambiguous feel, like "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". I loved the melody, but didn't find it congruent to the lyrics, because I viewed sleeping in general as a punishment for being a child.

The colors were: black, blue, green, red, yellow, and white.
Here are some examples I remember. Back then, almost every song I knew was colorized. Now, nearly all were lost forever to passing of time.
Black: "Amazing Grace", The Taps, "Silent Night", "Away in the Manger"
Blue: "Itsy Bitsy Spider", "America" (My country 'tis of thee), "Frere Jacques", theme music from "Lion King", "Cat's in the Cradle"
Green: "Rock-a-bye Baby", stereotypical lullaby melody, Moonlight Sonata, "I'm Proud to be an American", "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
Red: "Battle Hymn of the Republic", US national anthem, "Hava Nagila", "Bingo", Mexican Hat Dance
Yellow: "City of New Orleans", "The Entertainer", "Down by the Bay", "Give my Regards to Broadway", "Frosty the Snowman"
White: Für Elise, 5th Symphony, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", (rarely used)

At one point, I even made a social mistake of mentioning it out loud in class, when asking the teacher something. She was nice enough to act like she understood what I was talking about, but other kids looked at me like I had three heads. Can't say I blame them. I suppose fortunately, when I started 4th grade, I somehow forgot all about about this music and colors thing, and never talked about it or even thought about it again, except to myself in memories.

I wish I had some synesthesia, but I don't. I do associate numbers 0 through 9 with personalities, and days of the week with specific colors, but it's probably not synesthesia but a deep-rooted associative urge. It's just not strong enough to have fun with.

So I'm sort of jealous of people with synesthesia. It just seems like it would be a lot of fun.

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I've always been able to taste colours.

As I've got older though it is less prominent.

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