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Help[Opinions] Color associations
in reply to a message by Howie
Wow, I have synesthesia and I associate those names with the exact same colors! Just interesting because everyone I know/have talked to who has synesthesia has completely different color associations.
we all share the same sky - the maine
we all share the same sky - the maine
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I'm not sure if I count as a synesthete, as my associations aren't something I "see," nor are they something I envision in boldness. Some are more automatic than others, to the point where I don't really notice it. Others, I feel like I have to really focus in to know what color it is, so I don't know if I'm making it up or what. The colors are consistent across time though, so... I can remember noticing the colors as far back as when I first started thinking of names in 2nd grade. Oh, and it only applies to names!
Either way though, it's cool that our colors match up! I know that doesn't seem to happen often. :)
Either way though, it's cool that our colors match up! I know that doesn't seem to happen often. :)
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I think that counts. That's similar to how it is for me. I mean, it might apply to words, I've just never thought about them. Letters and letter combinations form the colors, and some dominate an entire name, and some make a name lots of colors. It's hard to explain the sense that is used to perceive them, though. You don't literally see them, obviously. You don't even think them. They just are. I never knew that this wasn't a normal phenomenon until I joined BtN however many years ago and people mentioned it. I remember liking names as a 7 or 8 year old because they were certain colors too.
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am I the only one with moon=silver?
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Luna for me is a midnight blue, which again kind of makes sense, but maybe I'm also influenced by Ravenclaw. =P
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Not sure if I qualify as a synesthete (see comment above), but I wonder if there's a "moon" influence too. I picture most L names with some sort of yellow to them though, so there's that. I find that the first letter is more dominant or something. There's a bit of a general pattern to what colors things are. For example, L tends to be yellow, J tends to be orange, R tends to be red, and H is more likely to have a grayish haze to it.
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Most of my L- names are that same color! My Rs are red too. H is orange and J is blue though.
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Since both of you automatically think of R in terms of red, isn't it highly associative? If you lived in a culture where the color red was identified as hóng (Chinese) or aka (Japanese) or krasnyy (Russian), do you think you would associate the color with a different letter?
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