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Emma Moderatrix User is Offline


Joined: 14 May 2007 Posts: 70
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 10:44 pm Post subject: Trends |
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By popular demand, the New Scientist 'typical' synaesthetic alphabet:
a - red
b - blue (brown)
c - yellow (purple)
d - brown (blue)
e - green (yellow)
f - tan, brown, green
g - green (brown)
h - yellow (green)
i - white (grey)
j- purple (tan)
l - grey
m - red (brown)
n - brown
o - white
p - purple (light and dark)
q - purple (light and dark), grey
r - red (green)
s - yellow (red)
t - black (blue)
u - grey (white)
v - purple
w - tan (blue)
x - black
y - yellow (light green)
z - black
*k is not here because apparently it isn't associated with any colour
The colours in brackets are the other popular option.
I wonder, does anyone have that much brown/tan in their alphabet? |
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Japanime Lover Synesthete User is Offline


Joined: 15 May 2007 Posts: 44
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 12:39 am Post subject: |
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| Emma wrote: |
| I wonder, does anyone have that much brown/tan in their alphabet? |
I don't have that much brown/tan (unless you count mixed with dark red). I have a lot of dark navy blue/navy blue-purple. Honestly, I really don't like navy blue, so it's rather depressing that my alphabet has about 8 letters like that. -_-' |
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euterpe Synesthete User is Offline


Joined: 15 May 2007 Posts: 57
Location: USA
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 12:57 am Post subject: |
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I definitely don't have that much brown.
The ones that match mine:
a - red
d - (blue)
f - brown
g - (brown)
i - white
m - red
q - purple (light and dark), grey --my Q is a blue-purple-grey. Strange.
s - yellow
y - yellow
z - black --kind of. It's dark grey.
I have quite a bit of yellow in my alphabet. |
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Fogwolf Moderatrix User is Offline


Joined: 14 May 2007 Posts: 60
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 3:53 am Post subject: |
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I have greyish brown g, terracotta-ish red-brown d, j is kind of browny-orange (more orange than brown though), n is orangey brown, and k is dark, dark brown. So yes, a fair bit of brown, and matching on the d, g, j and n.
I also match on b (blue), c (yellow), e (green) i and o (white), r (red), s (yellow), u (white), w (blue - but really light, almost white) and y (yellow).
So I guess I'm a bit of a synesthetic conformist! |
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Kela Administratrix User is Offline


Joined: 13 May 2007 Posts: 178
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 11:42 am Post subject: |
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I have letters that go brown or tan in words. F does that (though by itself it's yellow), and R goes caramel-colored on me a whole lot (by itself it's purplish). Oh and D sometimes goes tan too. And J. M by itself is a frappucino color, N by itself is orangey-brown. That's really about it. (Wow - that's more tan/brown than I thought I had! )
Letters that match or sort of match for me:
e - spring green
g - darker green
i - very very pale blue, almost white
m - (brown)
n - brown, if there's a healthy amount of orange in there too |
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pinkcapricorn Synesthete User is Offline


Joined: 16 May 2007 Posts: 52
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 12:08 am Post subject: |
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Most of my letters have some tan ot brown into them, even if they don't 'radiate' these colours, and the tint is kept inside, but I can feel it. It feels like the letters have layers.
Main letters that have tan or brown:
B - blue; b - red-orange
D - red
G - crimson
H - light-blue-green; h - orange-brown
M - yellow, red, blue; m - pale red-orange
P - undefined; p - dark turquoise
Q - purpule, crimson
U - deep blue
X - orange-tawny
To me, k is not associated with any particular colour, and it tends to change in different words more than the other letters.
E is green and S is yellow, but except these I don't find many others that match mine. |
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bandgeek22 Synesthete User is Offline


Joined: 16 May 2007 Posts: 16
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 2:25 am Post subject: |
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here are the ones i match with...
c=yellowe=green
s=yellow
v=purple
w=blue |
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Japanime Lover Synesthete User is Offline


Joined: 15 May 2007 Posts: 44
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 10:35 am Post subject: |
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Ones that match or are close:
d = brown (actually an orange brown)
e = (yellow)
n = brown (actually a dried blood color...)
o = white
r = red (actually dried blood color as well) = navy blue
x, z = black (actually a dark navy blue) |
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MagentaRedBlue Synesthete User is Offline


Joined: 15 May 2007 Posts: 83
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| Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 2:22 am Post subject: |
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Well, now we have the authoritative Trends list. Lemme see how I match up to that one.
a - no
b - yes
c - not at all
d - no
e - no
f - yes
g - no
h - no
i - yes
j- yes
l - no
m - yes
n - no
o - yes
p - no
q - not really, but if my Q wasn't brown, she'd be purple
r - not really
s - does pink count as a form of red?
t - no
u - yes
v - no, but if V wasn't green I think she would be purple or silver
w - tan, brown, same difference
x - yes
y - yes
z - no
So that's 10 out of 23, plus a few sortas.
And yes, I really do have four whole tan/brown letters in my alphabet. |
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beth.in.blue Synesthete User is Offline


Joined: 28 May 2007 Posts: 77
Location: U.S.
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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Mine that match:
d - (blue)
e - (yellow)
f - green
i - white
r - (green)
u - grey (white) - blue/gray
v - purple - with blue
w - (blue)
x - black
y - yellow (light green) - and pink at the same time
z - black
*k is not here because apparently it isn't associated with any colour (my k doesn't have a color)
some of the others are close...but not really matching.
do that many people really have red As?? so weird! |
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Greyhound Synesthete User is Offline


Joined: 07 Jun 2007 Posts: 29
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:27 am Post subject: |
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a - red
b - blue
c - not sure, green and yellow...erm, I don't know.
d - I don't think it has one
e - yellow and a bit like clammy toes
f - lightish green
g - I don't think it has one
h - sometimes straw coloured, sometimes very very pale light green. Maybe I'm making this up. I don't know
i - doesn't have one
j - doesn't have one
k - sort of greyish blue? maybe it doesn't have one
l - sometimes red?
m - sometimes red, sometimes greyish blue
n - slightly red?
o - not sure what colour, but sort of a bit like skin. I don't know.
p - don't know. This is sort of like clammy skin, too. Like a cold toe?
q - nothing
r - maybe nothing
s - green
t - maybe nothing
u - maybe nothing
v - red?
w - green?
x - sometimes red, sometimes dark blue?
y - nothing?
z - I DON'T KNOW
I'm thinking now that I don't have syn at all. I think maybe I just amde all that up. I always feel like that. They're probably not consistent.
If there are any associations there, they're so small and faint, they're hardly there at all.
I think it depends how they're said rather than how they look and whole words together bring more of a response.
I don't know.
My numbers are more definite than the letters anyway. I just have to think of a year and it's the colour depending on the numbers, e.g. 2006 is orange because of the 6.
Anyway, now I'll go and look at the typical alphabet. I wanted to write mine first so I knew I wasn't being influenced by it. |
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Kela Administratrix User is Offline


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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm thinking now that I don't have syn at all. |
I think you do. Letter-color syn is just one type of syn. Also, even if a person only has one letter that gives them a color, as long as it meets the criteria then it counts as syn.
Your number colors are very strong. And I know you have sound syn. Just take it slow and be patient with your letters, and of course ask for help or opinions here if you ever want to.
And don't feel bad if there are some letters you can't pin down. I still can't tell about my 8.  |
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Greyhound Synesthete User is Offline


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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Kela wrote: |
| Your number colors are very strong. |
Hmmm. I keep feeling as if I made them up though.
| Kela wrote: |
| And I know you have sound syn. |
I wish I could be so certain!
| Kela wrote: |
| Just take it slow and be patient with your letters, and of course ask for help or opinions here if you ever want to. |
Thanks a lot
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And don't feel bad if there are some letters you can't pin down. I still can't tell about my 8.  |
Ah - the good old chameleon 8!  |
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RJARRRPCGP+ Synesthete User is Offline

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Lately, S being green. They're many members with a green S. |
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