Geekoid

I know, right?
It's like OCD that way. Other synesthetes' colors can be a bit annoying. For me it's worse than bad spelling. But I liked everyone's music descriptions for some reason. Interesting...

Do you get annoyed when the colors are wrong in logos or ads, or just in normal writing/type?

Paedantic Basterd

It doesn't bother me when they're all the same in a headline or advertisement, because it's not as strong with whole words as with individual letters. But it bothers me when each letter is singled out in a different colour.

I once tried to make a chart in photoshop of the alphabet as I coloured it, and found that the shades had to be very precise to "feel" accurate. It isn't enough for instance, to say that M was red, because I have an exact idea of which shade of red it should be.

Geekoid

I actually agree. My example above was generalized. Plus, it doesn't take into consideration textures, shine, or personality.

In my name, the individual letters would look somewhat like this:

(Enough to give me a headache)

But all together, the word looks more like this, with the blue/grey color of the J affecting all the other letters, creating a more subtle overall picture. Stronger letters, like the a's and t's can withstand being affected, but "weaker" letters, like h, fade into the background. The letters tend to get less clear further from the first letter.



And that's without the complexity of the backdrop, which would be impossible to actually replicate.

I also see M as red; a really saturated, deep "cool" red (more on the blue side than the yellow side).

Do you still have the chart? It's easy to get frustrated trying to create a good representation. The example I gave seems incomplete for me. If only there were videotapes for the mind.

digital123

This is a virtual image that create in the mind when we listen music By all means (concentrete ) the image and the visualization create with the music . I like listen music and many time the mind setup feel this audio codecs is the MusicBuilding in a qualitative music , i mean in best clearity of sound.

Janszoon

Ped, you're wrong. M isn't red, it's blue.

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Paedantic Basterd

Here is the unsatisfactory chart I made a few months ago. I didn't spend a lot of time with it, so it's not very accurate, and a few of the colours I settled on still bother me. Screen brightness and things affect something you make in photoshop, so it's difficult for me to get it right.

I did not take fonts into consideration.

Geekoid

Well, from the colors my computer screen is generating for me, it actually looks like we perceive a few alphanumeric characters in a similar way...

I made a ripoff version of your image with my colors. Not 100% for me either, but close enough. Looks like there are a few vague similarities, but definitely some striking differences. What a world it would be if I saw black R's and purple 7's!


A bit off topic, but I just find this kind of thing so interesting.

appleghost

This is getting very interesting! Geekoid, I found your striped '1' very cool! When I see letters and numbers, they're only coloured and are masculine/feminine.
I'll post my alphabet very soon.

Paedantic Basterd

I had a heated argument with an ex once about whether something was blue, as I said, or purple, as he claimed. Perception is a unique and curious thing.

Geekoid

My mom and I always get into arguments like that. I have a much broader term for "black" than she does. For me, there's neutral [grey] black, green-black, red-black, and blue-black. But she often likes to lump together what I see as the green and grey-blacks, and considers any blue-black (no matter how dark) to be navy blue.

One frequent debate that I've noticed has to do with violets. Some people like to agree with the poem that says "violets are blue," while other people insist that, like their name, violets are decidedly violet (purple). I usually try to get people to meet in the middle and just agree on "indigo," if they'll go for it. But a lot of it depends on the lighting:

as for perception, color blindness would certainly be a factor, too. I wonder if there are color blind synesthetes?

appleghost The striped "1" is kind of symbolic. I see it as a red-black. If you've ever seen something colored in black pen ink, and then tilt it into the light, there's usually a metallic red sheen that appears. That's how 1 shows up to me (which is why I could never decide if it should be black or red).

It'll be cool to see your perception of the alphabet!

mervi Good points as usual. The idea that people see colors completely differently was one of my favorite "philosophical discoveries" when I was younger. Interestingly enough, it seems to be an idea that many people come to understand on their own, as opposed to being introduced to it.

I should really try being blind for a week. I have degenerative retinas, which I recently got laser eye surgery to correct (by fixing the holes in my retina). My chances of going blind are much higher than most peoples' (probably won't be until I'm in my 60s), so I should really make the most of my sight while I have it.