When Monday = Purple = 72

[theklng]

i don't see anything weird in seeing music or hearing colors or anything similar. after all, light exists in waveform, as does sound. logically, i don't see a problem whatsoever.

 

[Fronken]

headaches and algebra

This applies to me as well, i once sat for 20 minutes trying to complete a math problem one of my (smart) mates had in his algebra book, i sat for 20 minutes and all i did was work out what i was supposed to answer xD

 

[Fronken]

I don't have synaesthesia but I like to think certain colours match certain open chords on guitar. I don't, like think about it I'm playing or anything, but:

A: Red
B: Purple
C: Yellow
D: Turqoise
E: Blue
F: Orange
G: Green

Extended Guitar Hero Syndrome i see.

 

[P1p3s]

I love this!! A friend of mine and i were discussing something very similar recently, while I don't have this condition I did anthropamophise numbers when I was little. I think children have some kind of insight into the non physical world that dies as they are taught "how" to think lol.

I think 4 is nice, but 3 is mean, 0 is bossy and 1 is snooty, 8's a big cuddly grandma (my own grandmother was neither large nor particularly cuddly so this wasn't association but I do see the physical clues to that one so I guess it doesn't count) 5 is a little kid with a big mouth and 7 is very quite and shy. I couldn't remember them all but I re thinking this thought process was funny as well as intruiging.

 

[Ago Iterum]

The person with the best memory on record had this, apparently it's much easier to remember things because of the association.

It may be a disorder, but it's one most people wouldn't mind having!

 

[Nivag the Owl]

I don't have synaesthesia but I like to think certain colours match certain open chords on guitar. I don't, like think about it I'm playing or anything, but:

A: Red
B: Purple
C: Yellow
D: Turqoise
E: Blue
F: Orange
G: Green

Extended Guitar Hero Syndrome i see.

Although I am a GH fan, I came up with these co-ordinations long before I had even played Guitar Hero. Not to mention that chords in Guitar Hero involve more than one colour.

 

[Ionami]

While I don't have synaesthesia, it sounds like a very strange condition to have.

Also, when you say "Associating" something with something else, what exactly does that entail?

It means that (in my case) when I hear/read/say/think of 'Monday' I get the most overpowering impression of 'red' - and not just any red, it's that really bright tomato red. It's a link between two things that's absolutely fundamental and completely natural to a synaesthete. There's one poor guy in the UK who has it between names and tastes, so someone will introduce themselves as 'Jim' and he'll get a completely realistic flavour in his mouth, like cheese and onion crisps or something.

Yeah, Monday feels like a red.

I don't really have it for most things, but I do when I listen to/compose music. I think there's a relation there. Do you play any instruments, or are you particularly interested in music?

 

[Vortigar]

Red is definately 1
Other than that I get random associations, nothing systematic.

I think its a part of everyone's mind. Professional tasters describe tastes with colours, objects or concepts. Writers also pull this stuff on a regular basis, linking various stuff together that seems right in context.

The disorder then is an over-development of this.

Just a random thought.

 

[Zeromaxx]

I don't usually have these associations, I do every once in a while (and from then on they remain there) like the letter m and black, but I did acid a while back and this kind of shit flowed from every orifice of my body...QUICK! get Timmothy Leary on the case!

 

[Beetlejooce]

Beethoven is creamy eh? I find him fruity. Guess we have different TASTES IN MUSIC !!!

yeah that was cheap

 

[man-man]

Lower level synaesthesia is actually fairly common, leading to a lot of cross-sensory sayings, like a "sharp taste" or a "loud shirt", many colours are closely tied to certain emotions like red for anger, green for envy, blue for sadness... there's lots of it about when you look for it.

There was a study done I've heard about where they went around a multi-lingual beach showing random people 2 shapes (one spiky, one curvy) and asking which should be called "Kiki" or "Boobah", and most people put the spiky shape with the spiky sounding word and the curvy shape with the softer sounding word.

That kind of universal agreement on what words sound right to describe things could have really helped language kick off - it makes it a lot easier to start using words for things if other people can figure out what you mean from the sound of the word, even if the thing in question doesn't make a sound you can imitate.

 

[justnotcricket]

Yeah, Monday feels like a red.

I don't really have it for most things, but I do when I listen to/compose music. I think there's a relation there. Do you play any instruments, or are you particularly interested in music?

I am very interested in music - I play the cello in a semi-professional orchestra, so I'm exposed to my music/colour/shape synaesthesia a lot! I can also play the piano a little, but that's a whole different set of associations, and its solo, not orchestral - when you have that many instruments playing that many parts in one space it can get overwhelming, but in a good way.

If you have colour music associations it's perfectly possible you have synaesthesia - there are lots of different kinds and lots of different strengths. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that everyone has it to some degree. =)

 

[justnotcricket]

There was a study done I've heard about where they went around a multi-lingual beach showing random people 2 shapes (one spiky, one curvy) and asking which should be called "Kiki" or "Boobah", and most people put the spiky shape with the spiky sounding word and the curvy shape with the softer sounding word.

That kind of universal agreement on what words sound right to describe things could have really helped language kick off - it makes it a lot easier to start using words for things if other people can figure out what you mean from the sound of the word, even if the thing in question doesn't make a sound you can imitate.

I read about that one - it's so interesting, isn't it? I think it's really cool; all the mysterious ways in which the human brain and our sensory experience of the world around us have influenced our development =)

 

[InvisibleMilk]

Beethoven is creamy eh? I find him fruity. Guess we have different TASTES IN MUSIC !!!

yeah that was cheap

*Starts in sing songy fashion The best thing that I can be, is to be OK with me!

 

[pantsoffdanceoff]

Metallica with Thursdays. I really don't know why, I could easily be insane.

 

[justnotcricket]

So, if I say Monday you think red in the same way that if you were to say Tomato I would think red?

Pretty much, I guess =) It's definitely that kind of strong, instinctive, fundamental association.

Thanks to everyone so far who's posted here - this is shaping up to be a really interesting discussion thread, especially since people have such varying and interesting experiences with this kind of thing!

I love this!! A friend of mine and i were discussing something very similar recently, while I don't have this condition I did anthropamophise numbers when I was little. I think children have some kind of insight into the non physical world that dies as they are taught "how" to think lol.

I think 4 is nice, but 3 is mean, 0 is bossy and 1 is snooty, 8's a big cuddly grandma (my own grandmother was neither large nor particularly cuddly so this wasn't association but I do see the physical clues to that one so I guess it doesn't count) 5 is a little kid with a big mouth and 7 is very quite and shy. I couldn't remember them all but I re thinking this thought process was funny as well as intruiging.

That's really cool! =) So did it affect the way you learned maths at all? I know my synaesthesia has had a big effect on that kind of thing...

*finally realises how to do multiple quotes in one post* Sorry for spamming my own forum, guys and girls =P

 

[justnotcricket]

So, is this really that unusual?
I've got:
1= black/white
2= green
3= red
4= blue/green/purple (depending on the numbers around it)
5= earthen yellow
6= brown
7= bright yellow
8= Like four, only more towards indigoes and violets.
9= black, when coupled with other numbers appears to be high-contrast.

A=green B=red C=yellow...

Oh, and math tastes coppery, for some reason...

Though when I look at my post count, I don't literally see the colors, but I think, "Green, green, blank (black or white) brown" just as much as I think, "two, two one six."
It is likely just some sort of association that has come from life in general, rather than an actual condition, just as much as math tasting coppery because I bite my lip in anxiety.

Sounds like synaesthesia to me (although I'm only as expert as the next person who has it and knows about it - I've participated in actual psychological research on it, and they promise me it's real! =) Sorry I truncated your list there - just wanted to shorten the post.

headaches and algebra

This applies to me as well, i once sat for 20 minutes trying to complete a math problem one of my (smart) mates had in his algebra book, i sat for 20 minutes and all i did was work out what i was supposed to answer xD

But that's half the battle, right? That's what I keep telling myself, anyway... =D

 

[Bored Tomatoe]

I associate days, numbers and letters with colors... Does that mean I have synysthesia?

 

[jboking]

Me and my friends play "The Game", so they decided it would be funny to make certain words and situations associated with "The Game." It started off simple enough, I associated a particular person with "The Game." Then my friends kept pushing it and dozens of things became associated. Eventually, grenades were associated with it. So while playing an FPS online with friends one of them will yell grenade when one lands near us and simultaneously everyone groans and shouts "I lost the game."

Long story short, synaesthesia is a pain in my ass.