Synaesthesia (Colored letters and numbers)

A video response to "My Synesthete Samples" by KittiesRock46. Shows my colored letters and numbers and a bit of an explanation of the broader concept of synaesthesia. In other words, yet another synaesthete goofing off.

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People & Blogs

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• synaesthesia
• synesthesia
• colors
• letters
• numbers
• graphemes

[viewer12376]

Would you mind saying, which colors would you associate with those Russian letters: Ж Ш Щ Ц К Л Д Ч Ф Г Ь? What color is Ы?

And do you need to know how the letter is pronounced in order to know its color?

[silentmiaow]

Right now, I would associate colors with them based mostly on similarity to the shape of Roman letters. As I got to know the language, I would begin to associate colors to them based on the phonetics of them (the associations become complex if the sound is not one that exists in English). I ought to post my colors for the Arabic alphabet sometime to show what I mean.

[silentmiaow]

Right now, I would associate colors with them based mostly on similarity to the shape of Roman letters. As I got to know the language, I would begin to associate colors to them based on the phonetics of them (the associations become complex if the sound is not one that exists in English). I ought to post my colors for the Arabic alphabet sometime to show what I mean.

[silentmiaow]

Okay, there's now a post on my blog about this, it's basically, take the address to my blog (my blog can be found in my profile) and add ?p=499

[cannabL1sS]

It's actually quite easy to experience this if you don't have it

You just need access to plenty of LSD.

[silentmiaow]

Depending on your neurology, I guess.

But as far as I know, LSD and other drugs only cause (temporary) perceptual synaesthesia. Not conceptual synaesthesia. I have both sorts -- perceptual is where a perception from one sense directly turns into some other sense, and conceptual is where something like a letter or number (more abstract) turns into a certain color or something else.

[LittleMsLaughsALot]

I have Synaestesia, and it WAS really annoying to see the colors that didn't match up to mine!

I actually didn't realize that I had Synaestesia until just a little while ago when I made a comment to my piano teacher saying "Yeah, I see #C as a golden yellow color, what do you see it as?" and she just looked at me like I was insane! I just thought that everybody saw things in colors. People think it's really weird when I tell them about it, but I can't imagine life with out it, really.

[christina274]

2 is red, duh.

Sorry. But it is :)

[madisonthegreat710]

my synesthesia has brought me to have something against the color orange...but blue and green is the best combination of colors to me.

[FunkyShoe]

Wow your colors are so different from mine! It's so interesting though, I love seeing other people's alphabets.

[SydMonster334]

You're right, this did piss me off, lol.

[chakazul]

Hi, I am not a synnie (person with synesthesia), but i study it as a scientific researcher. Surprised that you also have it!

I wonder that some special mental conditions, like autism, synesthesia, and "highly sensitive person" (like me), are somehow related. Not exactly similar, but all are about a higher sensibility to the environment and a different sensory system from "normal" people.

You have black 0 and O, white 1, I and L, which is quite common among synnies!

[gi0vi]

We agree in the B,C,M and S, specially this one, it's just like you match the exact color of mine.

[mestesso00]

WTF i'm synesthetic for numbers and this is driving me crazy! 2 is red not yellow! 3 is yellow! It's really annoying, i'm sorry i can't watch this video

[Randommelon]

You were right about it being irritating for synesthetes! My alphabet and numbers were completely different to your's - they closest ones to mine would probably be your V and M, but even they were pretty far off!

[CakadaOokamiko]

Not wrong, just differently perceived...