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Fiz
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18 Jun 2006, 9:32 am

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When I think of red, it reminds me of strawberries, I hate strawberries so I don't like the colour red much. I associate pink with strawberry milkshake and I don't like that either hence I don't like pink very much.


It seems a bit silly to be prejudiced against red merely because strawberries are red and you hate strawberries. There are thousands of different things that are red, and by no means are strawberries the mascot of the color red -- they are just 1 example among many. I think you are placing very excessive significance on the connection between red and strawberries.

Also, what you wrote seems to be more a case of regular mental association than actual synesthesia. As I understand it, there is a substantial difference between associating colors with things versus synesthesia. Everyone makes associations, whereas only a few people have synesthesia.


If you read my post I never said I had synaesthesia, I merely pointed out some random associations I have with colours. I may have said that I link red with strawberries and pink with the milkshake but they were examples. I was trying to sort of stay within the subject of the actual thread. I could actually go on and on about why I don't like either pink or red. Red is a warning colour in my opinion, not an inviting one. Plus I just don't like it, ok? I own two pink tops but barely ever wear them. Stereotypically girls like pink but I don't. It apparently suits me to wear it but I don't actually like it. I've moved into a new place recently and the walls are the same colour as strawberry milkshake, its awful, far too much pink, am going to decorate it in blue when I get the chance and more money.

But please don't try to make out that I said I was synaesthesic because, if you read my post, I neither said I was nor implied it.


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19 Jun 2006, 1:53 am

I don't have synaethesia. The closest thing I would have to being synaesthetic would be a blunt, near-physical feeling at the act of someone around me getting hurt. Then, I tend to jump and panic. I sometimes also get that when someone drops something. If I see someone drop a glass on to the floor, I can almost physically feel it hit as it falls down.

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19 Jun 2006, 4:50 pm

I think about Green Christmas Trees, when I smell Pine Candles.



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19 Jun 2006, 9:59 pm

eet_1024 wrote:
I get color associations with letters. But I can't recall every having it with numbers; maybe numbers are transparent :)

The letters the most easily come to mind are one that I have used a lot in programing:
i = ice white
j = diffused lime green
k = light blue
I don't get the sensation when reading, only when I'm visualizing the letter. Most of letters have color, but I can't always recognize what color it is. And some of them don't have color.

I thought I was the only one who did this. hrm, I don't know what i is, but for me j is dark green, and k is a darker blue...

I would consider this very mild synaesthesia.



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20 Jun 2006, 7:25 am

You might think this is going a bit off the subject, but i see feelings in colour. I see red and brown around a person if they are angry and if they are happy I see blue, yellow or rainbow colours. You may say this is an aura I'm seeing , but it was before I heard about auras.