I have synesthesia (which means I see names, numbers, people, and certain concepts as colors) ask me anything. I’m graduating tonight so may be a bit later than usual in answering yalls questions. But I’ll get to it i promise.
I have synesthesia. Ask me anything
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… what color would my name be ? if that’s how it is, i dont know lol
eta duh my name is jerzi!
Do you find any effect with music or sounds?
Has synesthesia been ever useful? Do you take any drugs which may have contributed to this? Do you find synesthesia annoying?
What color is the name Adrianne? 😊
Do you have a religion? And does your religion have a color? Like does the universe have a color to you?
Edit: I am color blind and see grey scale.. so like this seems really dope to me and I’m jealous of your abilities
When you say “see as colors”, do you mean literally see as colors in front of your eyes,or is it more like e.g. “when I hear the name ‘Alice’ it gives me orange vibes”?
What does 46 look like? Curious because that will be my age on Thursday.
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Do you see any colors that scare you sometimes? If so, how do you cope?
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Do you see things as different shades of the same colour? Like for example some things might be a light green and others a dark green?
I have synesthesia too. I didn’t even know it was a thing until I was in my 30s and saw some documentary or news thingy. Then I realized that Letters and Numbers all were colored. Memories have ‘smells’, which isn’t really a smell, like oh when I was 5 grandma’s kitchen smelled like cookies, but it’s more this sense of the moment and place and the closest label I can think of is ‘smell. 1-white, 2 -red, 3 blue, 4 yellow, 5 red, 6 green, 7 yellow, 8 black, 9 purple, etc. A is red, b is blue, c is yellow, d is brown, e is white, f is green, g is gold, h is brown, etc. (edit spelling error)
Are there names you like, but the colour puts you off, or vice versa?
Does the concept of time have a colour to you?
My name is Vincent, what colour does it give off?
Do different nicknames/variations have different shades? Alex vs Sasha for Alexander, or Beth vs Ellie for Elizabeth for example?
Did you have a big moment of realization when you learned that most people don’t see those things? Like when you didn’t know about synesthesia, did you just assume everybody had that ability? I’m curious!
The number nine has always “meant” blue to me. How does 9 make you feel and how does blue make you feel?
I also have synthesia. Except I more so see color AND gender. Like 1 is male. I see the number one as a male
i have a similar form of synesthesia
letters, some words (days of the week, months, etc) and some numbers have gender and personality to me. a few of them have colors as well
Congrats, Grad!
I have synesthesia as well.
I suppose this is a boring ask, but I was wondering what you see color wise with the name Meg and/or Megan. Are they different?
The days of the week and numbers I see as colors personally but I don’t know I’ve ever had it come with names so I was curious about mine.
If you hear a name and see a set of colors, do the colors change over time if you get to know that person?
Are there any colors you stay away from if they are present with certain people?
What color is my name? Madison
what do you see when my name
Have you perfect pitch?
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My name is Tobiasz (or Toby for short). What color am I. Do other people with the same condition see the same colors ?
My name is Joanne-what color is my name? 🙂
Is tuesday green?
Do colors correspond to their words? Like, is hazel, hazel? Blue, blue? Etc.
Im so interested in what you think of the names Sofia and Carlota, what colors are they? Thanks!
I thought I was the only one 😭🖤
How do compound words or work? If you say ‘book’ and ‘keeper’ do they individually have a unique color? Is ‘bookkeeper’ the same color as the mix of the original colors?
What about the length of a word? Does something like antidisestablishmentarianism have a color on its own or does it go multicolored or something because it’s long?
Is it a blessing or curse ?
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What is your favorite color?
I would like to ask about a few names, if you’re not over that by now. Dee, Jill, Allie, and Michelle, if you don’t mind? TIA!
do you agree with the maths = blue, science = green, english = red debate? also what colour would you see billie? and congrats on graduating btw!!
What about the names Jennifer, Jen, and Jenny? And does it help you memorize things better/faster? Is it helpful to learn a new language?
What colour is the name Arlo for you? Just curious!
Does this apply while you are dreaming as well?
Would someone be considered to have synaesthesia if only a few things/select handful of things give them the vision/thought?
Example Henry/Ryan/Chris is Green to me. Jacob and Oliver are orange. Also a few sounds/names I associate with flavour/taste too.
Fellow synaesthete here. Do you notice it’s tied to memory? I notice my brain specifically color-codes things I have to learn: piano notes, verb conjugations, strings of letters and numbers, whatever.
I think that’s its purpose–it’s mnemonic device.
do u know why u have it? genetics? do u think one can develop it if they think “more creative”?
what colors would be colette, 1999, 2008?
does this work for songs? If so what are the color of some of your favorite songs. (Congrats on graduating! I graduate next week)
What part of the south are you from
What was the moment you realised you can do something other people can not?