synesthete
Cross-wired perceiver
A synesthete is a person who experiences synesthesia—a neurological phenomenon where stimulation of one sense triggers automatic perception in another.
A synesthete might see colors when hearing music, taste shapes, or perceive letters and numbers as having inherent colors.
As a synesthete, she always saw Tuesdays as yellow.
Sound-to-color perception
- multisensoryInvolving several perception modes
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
brain · stimuli · concurrent · associative · projection · involuntary · automatic · consistent
Sound-to-color perception
- huesGradations of color
- spectrumContinuous range of values
- vividIntensely clear and bright
- saturatedThoroughly soaked through
auras · tints · shades · visualization · grapheme · letters · numbers · weekdays
Sound-to-color perception
- musicOrganized auditory art
- tonesDistinct sound qualities
- pitchFrequency of sound
- timbreSound's distinctive character
melody · harmony · instruments · voices · phonemes · words · notes · chords
Mental interpretation of stimuli
- sensationPerceived stimulus or phenomenon
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- mergingBlending into one
- colorsVisual spectrum variations
textures · shapes · flavors · sounds · vivid · automatic · triggered · consistent
chromesthesia
Sound-to-color perception
- multisensoryInvolving several perception modes
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
cognition · brain · stimuli · concurrent · associative · projection · involuntary · automatic · consistent · developmental
chromesthesia
Sound-to-color perception
saturated · auras · tints · shades · visualization · grapheme · letters · numbers · weekdays · months
chromesthesia
Sound-to-color perception
timbre · melody · harmony · instruments · voices · phonemes · words · notes · chords · frequencies
perception
Mental interpretation of stimuli
colors · textures · shapes · flavors · sounds · vivid · automatic · triggered · consistent · auras
Nabokov
- KandinskyBauhaus painting instructor
- LordeKiwi pop singer-songwriter
- LisztHungarian Romantic-era pianist-composer
Pharrell · Rimsky-Korsakov · Hockney · Feynman · artist · composer · musician · writer · creator · researcher
flavor
Characteristic taste quality
metallic · sweet · bitter · salty · sour · umami · shapes · spoken · names · sounds