I recently did some expetiments on my syn, and to be correct. It was fun :mrgreen:
I used water to test my syn and here are the results:
40-45 degrees is coloured deep blue, like ;
warm water is like a blue cloud, until I touch hot water, and it turns white;
20 degrees is a mix of pale orange and hot pink;
cool water is orange.
When I touch freezing water, it is neon orange; right after that I touch hot water again an it gets blue, like
The other experiment (on smells) I did when I was in the countryside for the weekend. There were many different kinds of herbs, also different sorts of mint. I smelled two different kinds of mint, but their smells were actually very similar. Finally I figured that they differ only by their colours and feels: the first smelled magenta and felt like a soft eiderdown in my throat (not exactly there, but I can't pinpoint the place), while the second was shapeless blue with hot pink margins and felt stiff. This is actually how I found that I have , I don't know if I would ever notice it if I didn't bother to compare two similar smells. I think it is strange that both smells were almost identical, but completely differently coloured.
I'd love to read about your syn experiments if you're willing to share
That is really interesting! Have you read A mango shaped space?The main person does experiments like that. She filled a tub full of water and watched the colors in the steam while she listened to music.
I've been mapping out my colors for my numbers 1-9 . I really like drawing pleasing color combinations. For example the number 36 is brown and yellow. i like the way it looks together. Very Earthy.
I've also been mapping out names. I've noticed that I don't "see" every letter . The names tend to take on the color of the first letter. I noticed this with the Name Jackie.
If I "saw" all the letters it would look like:
J : purple
a: red
c: very pail blue, almost white
k: pink
i: very pail blue, like "c"
e: med. blue Like
But is is mostly a Redish purple, Pink and very Pail Blue. Kinda like
That is really interesting! Have you read A mango shaped space?The main person does experiments like that. She filled a tub full of water and watched the colors in the steam while she listened to music.
I haven't read A Mango Shaped Space, but it sounds interesting! I don't know if other synesthetes use their syn as an entertainment, but I certainly do, and filling the tub with water and watching the colours of music in the steam sounds like a good idea. Maybe I should try it But it would shift the experience, I guess, since I can feel the steam coloured too.
I like the combination of brown and yellow too, but I don't have purely brown letters or numbers. 3h 'works' as a yellow-brown combination, though 'h' is not quite brown itself (it contains brown tint, but it 'shines' with something like tawny-orange-red, can't be sure since it's colour shifts in different words), but it looks brown in 3h.
My favourite combination of colours is neon green with orange. Something like ey, or more amazing - the chords F7 and B (but this is how they sond orange and green).
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J : purple
a: red
c: very pail blue, almost white
k: pink
i: very pail blue, like "c"
e: med. blue Like
Seems like you see 'c' and 'i' in a similar way. Is that right? Maybe this is why you're confused when it comes to spelling?
Seems like you see 'c' and 'i' in a similar way. Is that right? Maybe this is why you're confused when it comes to spelling?
LoL ! Yes, that IS why I have a hard time spelling. I remember sitting and trying to sound out the letters to words as a kid in school. That never worked!
I bet other syn. have a hard time with letter that are the same color or almost the same. [/quote]
I bet other syn. have a hard time with letter that are the same color or almost the same.
Well, yes, I have letters that are almost the same colour, like d, t, and r are red to me, and it happens to confuse r and t, but it's not like hard time spelling.
Also, 'i' and 'c' are similar to me too. "c" is dusty light blue, sort of like , but covered with dust. It rarely changes it's colour in words, but 'i' does. Normally 'i' has a dusty light colour, like 'c', but it also has lilac and a slight tint of purple in it. So it looks similar to both 'c' and 'l'. So the word 'circle' looks dusty light blue mostly, because 'c' and 'i' synchronize in this colour, while the word 'lilac' is mostly purple, because of the 'lil' part.
Do you "see" your colors or "feel" them in your mind?
Both. The colours I see show directly on the letters, but those I feel in my mind come from the inside of the graphemes. It feels like the letters are layered.
That's interesting! What does your A look like for example. I'm curious how you see this.
I think when I was younger I did see my colors, but now I only feel them.
There's difference between capital A and lowercase a. 'A' is both yellow and red (the colours don't mix), and the yellow covers the red, but I can see the red through the yellow... 'a' is green, like this , but it tends to change in words and it's sometimes light blue, like this
My syn is gained, though. I never felt it when I was younger, I only used to 'know' what colours are the letters.
You just made me realize I might have some too! I myself percept hot water as a very strong and kinda foggy white, but not in the "it's turning into steam" kind of way. Hot water has an extremely fever-ish feel to it. (I also have some kinds of music that I classify as "fever-ish" because they make me see everything kind of blurry and hot-watery-white. Not projectively, but the sense of it is very strong)
And, yup, I also don't see every single letter's color in a name's color, there usually are a few (or only one) dominant ones that color it, but that's it.
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But it would shift the experience, I guess, since I can feel the steam coloured too.
, but it tends to change in words and it's sometimes light blue, like this 
I myself percept hot water as a very strong and kinda foggy white, but not in the "it's turning into steam" kind of way. Hot water has an extremely fever-ish feel to it. (I also have some kinds of music that I classify as "fever-ish" because they make me see everything kind of blurry and hot-watery-white. Not projectively, but the sense of it is very strong)
