I thought Tuesday was grey, and Wednesday too?
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Garren Jacobsen
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Mondays are black.
DragonOfTheAerie
Vala
Everyone says Wednesday is green. That idea is repugnant to me. :/
At least many people agree on the shade of Thursday.
At least many people agree on the shade of Thursday.
TheCrystallineEntity
Istar
I find synesthesia quite interesting.
Tom
Istar
Eyyyy! Synesthesia buddy!
I've had synesthesia for as long as I can remember, and apparently it's more common in people with ADHD. Mine is sound-color, which means that I see colors and shapes when I listen to music or even hear random sounds (the doorbell is blue and yellow). But I also have color association, which is what you have, and number form, which arranges things like the alphabet, number sequences, and calendars into patterns or shapes. For me, people and names have specific colors. My best friend's name is sky-blue, and another friend's is dark red with a gold haze.
*Blegh*
*Blegh again*
Wednesday makes me think of trees, so it's green for me and always has been.
Out of curiosity does your (and Dragon you too) color associations also extend to members of this forum? I'm kind of wondering what color I would be.
Garren Jacobsen
Auror
Gray
TheCrystallineEntity
Istar
What about me? I can't really imagine what colour I might be.
Grey.
Garren Jacobsen
Auror
Sigh, Euros. Gray dang you!
A quick look at my avatar will show I'm B&W
DragonOfTheAerie
Vala
Apparently it's also common among people on the autism spectrum and among writers/artists. The sound one is cool! I don't have that one.
DragonOfTheAerie
Vala
Only close friends as far as I know. The vast majority of people I'm familiar with don't have clear colors.
Joe, thank you very much for sharing that link with us. I have never read Philip Pullman's stories, even though I enjoyed very much The Golden Compass at the movie theater in my birthday back in 2007. I have always lamented that they never produced movies about the rest of that series, it was something very sad for me.
Now that I read about how he experiences stories and writing them down, it makes me feel great to discover that I have many things in common with him. Especially points 1, 2, 4 and 6 resonate with me a lot, that's almost exactly how I work too.
About point 3, I also know what the rhyme of a paragraph has to be even before I get the right words for it. The difference is that I love listening to my favorite music while I work on a story, and the right music has a very powerful effect in my creative process and my enjoyment of the narrative.
Now I want to get the entire book series about Lyra Belacqua and her journey.
Tom
Istar
Sometimes it does! Usually I only associate people with colors after I've known them for a while. Banten, you're forest green. Sheila is lilac, Dragon is electric blue, and CrystallineEntity is pale yellow.
Omigosh, @Sheilawicz, please do read His Dark Materials. My daughter-in-law gave me the set some years ago and I devoured the story. The ideas, the characters, the prose, all of it is magnificent. I have read some criticisms. To me, they're like quibbling with Beethoven. Just sit and listen!
Garren Jacobsen
Auror
Now I'm curious as to my color.
Nimue
Auror
Do me, Tom! 
Synesthesia is so fun to hear about, and it always makes total sense...I remember coming up with colors for numbers and the days of the week as a kid, but it was a deliberate effort. And while I can't seem to listen to music without generating images or scenes, I think that's a writer/reader/daydreamer problem, not an extra sense!
Synesthesia is so fun to hear about, and it always makes total sense...I remember coming up with colors for numbers and the days of the week as a kid, but it was a deliberate effort. And while I can't seem to listen to music without generating images or scenes, I think that's a writer/reader/daydreamer problem, not an extra sense!
