[knight46]

You guys have way to much time on your hands

[Tekker]

The only colors I can connect to numbers follows the color code for resistors.

Black = 0
Brown = 1
Red = 2
Orange = 3
Yellow = 4
Green = 5
Blue = 6
Purple = 7
Grey = 8
White = 9

Other than that, all my numbers are black.... Or blue, depending on what color pen I'm writing with.

-tkr

[billywhitebread]

oddly enuff....#2 being brown is the only numbers that smells...

[si16]

I believe this is called synaesthesia and takes on many different forms. Perhaps you could give us a few more details tsidewinder (I assume you experience this). Do you see colours when you hear certain notes? Does harmony affect which colours you see? Is it annoying?

I guess for most of us it is difficult to understand but it would be interesting to hear a bit more about it.

You can read a bit more about it here - Synesthesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[pamelody]

I think the g string should be pink...just kidding! This is an interesting poll but I have often thought of numbers in relation to colors also. Funny thing is, not real swift with numbers when it comes to remembering phone # etc. White is all the colors, no? Three always green! My husband is a color freak, (professional artist) and is forever correcting me - "that is not red, it's Quinacridone Magenta" !

[Tekker]

Originally Posted by JayJay

I'm with Tekker.
Now what colors are a 470 ohm resister. LOL

Yellow, purple, brown... What tolerance?

-tkr

[__tsidewinder__]

Well, it doesn't annoy me at all. Its just a quirk I suppose, it doesn't have any real value that I can see.

No notes have colours for me (too bad!). Chords... Not really.

Great link s16, where'd you first hear about this Synaethesia?

I found this little paragraph particularly interesting:

"Very little is known about the overall cognitive traits associated with synesthesia (or, indeed if there are any cognitive traits that are consistently associated with synesthesia). Some studies have suggested that synesthetes are unusually sensitive to external stimuli (see, e.g., Cytowic 2002). Other possible associated cognitive traits include left-right confusion, difficulties with math, and difficulties with writing (Cytowic 2002).

However, synesthetes may be more likely to participate in creative activities (Rich, Bradshaw & Mattingley 2005), and some studies have suggested a correlation between synesthesia and creativity (Domino 1989; Dailey, Martindale & Borkum 1997). Other research has suggested that synesthesia may contribute to superior memory abilities (Luria 1968; Smilek et al. 2002a). However, it is unclear whether this is a general feature of synesthesia or whether it is true of only a small minority. This is a major topic of current and future research."

I don't have any troubles with math, reading, or anything like that. My memory is decent, but not crazily exceptional. I'd love to think I'm creative. Still, I really doubt seeing certain numbers as certain colours does anything for me.

And also, when I look at say the number "2", right now, that number doesn't register as blue. But when I think of the number 2, its blue. I can, if I really want to, imagine the number 2 as red, but it most naturally comes out blue.

Something I noticed is I particularly like the numbers 86 and 68. Well, it sort of makes sense, since 8 is blue, and 6 is orange. Since these are contrast colours, (which are said be pleasing to the eye when next to each other) it could be why I like them.

In any case, I think if I am a Synesthestic, I'm a very mild one. Thankfully I don't get a bad taste in my mouth when I see certain numbers. And unfortunately I don't see music in full colour.

[si16]

Thanks for the extra detail, very interesting.

I first heard about this not too long ago when it was a question on a quiz show I was watching. I remembered the name of the condition but they also discussed a famous composer who had it but I can't remember who.

[737blues]

Hmmm ... last time I did an Ishihara test I saw about 64 numbers in colours, I think. Mostly Red, Green and Blue .....

[__tsidewinder__]

"but they also discussed a famous composer who had it but I can't remember who."

Well, Apparantly there are a few notable musicians with the condition.

List of people with synesthesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I figure someone else on this forum will have it as well, I mean, 1/20 do according to your link.

[si16]

Originally Posted by __tsidewinder__

"but they also discussed a famous composer who had it but I can't remember who."

Well, Apparantly there are a few notable musicians with the condition.

List of people with synesthesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thanks for that. It was Liszt they were talking about, they told the story about how he asked for the orchestra to be more bluer.

Originally Posted by __tsidewinder__

I figure someone else on this forum will have it as well, I mean, 1/20 do according to your link.

You would think so. I've changed the name of the poll to try and get more responses.

[r1p32]

Originally Posted by si16

Thanks for that. It was Liszt they were talking about, they told the story about how he asked for the orchestra to be more bluer.



You would think so. I've changed the name of the poll to try and get more responses.

I remember watching a documentary on Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland and they said that Jimi often spoke of music in terms of colors(and the wind and the ocean). Or it could have been that movie about him...I remember his bandmates were complaining "we're musicians not painters".
(From the wiki article) "Synesthesia is also sometimes reported by individuals under the influence of psychedelic drugs.." Hm...


Well actually, I've always thought of colors with music too. Not so much numbers. One of my favorite things to do is just to lie down, close my eyes, play music and have it "paint a picture in my head". It gets great with instrumentals especially with classical music.

And no I've never touched drugs.

[6string]

Originally Posted by r1p32

And no I've never touched drugs.

That's a double negative.

[r1p32]

Originally Posted by 6string

That's a double negative.

[__tsidewinder__]

"Well actually, I've always thought of colors with music too. Not so much numbers. One of my favorite things to do is just to lie down, close my eyes, play music and have it "paint a picture in my head". It gets great with instrumentals especially with classical music"

What kind of picture do you get? Is it a real image, like say a woman in "american women", or is it a kaleidoscope of colour?