imitalian 3,163 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Hi guys, this is my first topic here. If you don't know what synesthesia is, according to Wikipedia: "Synesthesia is a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway" There are different kinds of synesthesia, the most commons are: Grapheme-color synesthesia: basically every digit or letter has a color. Days of the weeks and months as well. Chromesthesia: assosiation of sounds/songs with colors. Auditory-tactile: sounds can induce sensations in parts of the body. Lexical-gustatory synesthesia: certain tastes are experienced when hearing words. Many artists like Lady Gaga and Lorde have confirmed to have a form of synesthesia that help them making music. In my experience, I have a strong grapheme color synesthesia and a lighter Chromesthesia. I've had it since I was a child and never knew it was something special, I just tought everybody saw numbers and letters in different colors than I found out it was a rarity. Also about the songs-colors thing I experience it the most when listening to ARTPOP where every song as a different color and the whole album is an explosion of colors. What about you? Do you have a similar experience? I'm so courios!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei 61,110 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 I don't have it a lot but SOMETIMES I get this clear image of a color in my mind when I listen to music. Like most recently with Carly Rae Jepsen's "Dedicated" for the whole album I get this really bright almost highlighter yellow in my mind. Musery Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didymus 34,380 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 I don't but it sounds cool tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMonster 14,720 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 I don't have it, but wish I did It sounds really romantic and creative. When I write music though, I *always* will imagine a visual to go along with it... which usually does manifest itself in colours and a specific aesthetic - but I don't think that is synesthesia. It's not literal bursts of colour that change in tune with a beat or word ect. subtext / fantasy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GypsyVida 5,940 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 19 minutes ago, imitalian said: Auditory-tactile: sounds can induce sensations in parts of the body. I guess I have this because when I hear ASMR I get goosebumps currently streaming Zombieboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Not sure if it is Chromesthesia, but for me, keys have colors. The association is not strong, however. Like for example, songs in B minor (Alejandro for example) remind me of navy blue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOVEDRUG 10,774 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 I have chromesthesia, Lexical-gustatory synesthesia and slight Grapheme-colour synesthesia It's incredible for creativity and art. For example, when I listen to Bjork's Vulnicura I see very dark blue and green. When I listen to Madonna's Ray of Light I see blacks and whites. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC 25,164 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 I believe I have it, ever since I was little I associated numbers, letters, even songs with a certain color, here's some examples: One: Blue, Two: Red, 3: Green, 4: Dark Blue, 5: Yellow Venus by Lady Gaga: Turquoise, Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen: Orange, Lights by Ellie Goulding: Red (I can also imagine red lights ) So yeah, I discovered recently that this was actually something certain people were born with and I thought just anyone can do this, but I guess not Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hades 27,980 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 50 minutes ago, imitalian said: Also about the songs-colors thing I experience it the most when listening to ARTPOP where every song as a different color and the whole album is an explosion of colors. Me too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHALLOW 16,443 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 To some degree,yes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imitalian 3,163 Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 7 minutes ago, ProjectJoanne said: One: Blue, Two: Red, 3: Green, 4: Dark Blue, 5: Yellow Venus by Lady Gaga: Turquoise, Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen: Orange, Lights by Ellie Goulding: Red (I can also imagine red lights ) Mines are: 1 - Blue 2 - Red 3 - Green 4 - Dark yellow 5 - Dark red or yellow 6 - Dark green 7 - Dark Blue 8 - Brown 9 - Dark purple 10 - Black About ARTPOP: Aura: Green Venus: Magenta G. U. Y. : Turquoise Sexxx Dreams: Orange JnD: Brown MiC: Purple DWUW: White ARTPOP: Delicate pink Swine: Brown and pink Donatella: Bright pink Fashion!: Liliac MJH: Red and green Dope: Black Gypsy: Gold Applause: Blue Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie 5 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 3 minutes ago, imitalian said: Mines are: 1 - Blue 2 - Red 3 - Green 4 - Dark yellow 5 - Dark red or yellow 6 - Dark green 7 - Dark Blue 8 - Brown 9 - Dark purple 10 - Black About ARTPOP: Aura: Green Venus: Magenta G. U. Y. : Turquoise Sexxx Dreams: Orange JnD: Brown MiC: Purple DWUW: White ARTPOP: Delicate pink Swine: Brown and pink Donatella: Bright pink Fashion!: Liliac MJH: Red and green Dope: Black Gypsy: Gold Applause: Blue I have the chrome one and your colors are SO different from mine that it's bugging me lmao. Can we all agree that ARTPOP is her most varied/"colorful" album though????? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayman 6,190 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 I'm pretty sure I have these 2 Chromesthesia: assosiation of sounds/songs with colors. Auditory-tactile: sounds can induce sensations in parts of the body. I used to have no clue what Synesthesia really was. So it wasn't until I wrote an essay my senior year of high school about how music has such strong mentally visual links for me and so I see it as a much closer extension of graphic and fine arts than most people. The deeper I got into explaining what it's like the more interesting my teachers notes on my essay got - so eventually with the final grade she included a note and some further reading I could check out because apparently I had described was exactly what synesthesia was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 50,192 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 When I was younger I used to associate certain words with Images that had nothing to do with the word I don't have that anymore tho For example when I was a kid (I lived in Portugal until I was 9) the Portuguese word for Saturday (Sabado) evoked the image of a burnt dust bunny with a fish net around it don't ask me why And Sunday was red fire There were other words that evoked other images unrelated to the word but I can't remember them all. I remember these 2 examples tho Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chun li 2,920 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 I do, and I'm surprised actually not many people have it...? Mine is like a heavy one, I associate literally everything with colors...days of the week, subjects, numbers, names, songs, words... Depending on what it is I sort it in my brain not even just as a color but as a patter or a theme you know? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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