What colour is "A"?

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I came across a short article last night about a musician who has synaesthesia, also known as ideasthesia. I looked it up, and I experience this- numbers and letters have a colour. Words have a colour. Days of the week have a colour. 1's are white, 2's are green... A's are red... Monday's are red, Tuesdays are green or yellow (lemon/lime). Wednesdays are blue. Some words/ numbers/ letters/ stand out more than others- some others i have to think harder to 'remember what colour they are'. Not everyone associates the same colours with the same things...but A being 'red' is extremely common. I didn't know there was a name for it. I'd like to know if I can develop it into something useful. I always assumed it had something to do with how we remember things- but maybe not. The other thing is that I visualize time as space around me. And music often has colours. Sharp sounds are odd numbers and cool colours. Soft sounds are warm colours and even numbers. Anyone else? It may be more common than previously thought. It's not a mental illness, it's a trait.

There's an association for people with it in the UK
http://uksynaesthesia.com/

Out of curiosity...if you have this, what colour is 5? What colour is 7? What colour is 9? What colour is 2+5? (my own little experiment)
 
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I agree with this paragraph from your link:
Born from the original experiment (by Kohler) and those subsequent is the “Bouba-Kiki Effect” – a strong suggestion that the naming of objects (whatever those objects may be) is not entirely arbitrary. Instead, names may be derived from the way formations of specific sounds relate to the physical attributes of objects. This may sound confusing, and it probably is, but it’s also somewhat intuitive. For instance, in the case of our experiment, subjects may have been more inclined to assign the name “bouba” to the rounded shape because, when spoken, the pronunciation of that name requires a more rounded mouth. Similarly, the K sound in “kiki” is harder – more jagged, if you will. We’re just scratching the surface, obviously.
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Test or Not a Test?
All things considered, I’d say that the Bouba-Kiki image (and question) is less of a synesthesia test, and more of an insightful look into the condition itself.
 
Considering the majority of people answer the same, I don't think it means everybody has the condition/ attribute, but I agree it tells us something about how it works.

When I associate letters and numbers with colours - I wondered if it had something to do with early memories/ learning tools. Eg. The coloured alphabet magnets and blocks and colour cut out alphabets and numbers lining classroom walls- and maybe colours to help kids learn days of the week- and they stick in the long term memory. Rather than a genetic trait. That explanation makes more sense to me- how we learn and remember things. Music having colours is curious to me. Emotions are often associated with colours and music can elicit emotions.
 
Oh, I believe it exists, totally. But how it happens I am curious about. Like I said- for me anyway- when I picture letters I picture them almost as if I am envisioning those coloured alphabet magnets. Days of the week have always, to my recollection, had a colour that I associate with them, too. Numbers, also. Interestingly, I was looking at a visual representation of 7 and 9 which were yellow and blue respectively and that's how I envision them too. 5 is red to me - which is apparently quite common. And 5+2=green. Which doesn't follow a colour wheel (add: funny. When I typed that I was thinking "doesn't follow a colour wheel"- that's because 5 is red and 2 is green, silly- and 7 is yellow anyway- just realized others might not assume what I meant! Lol. That's how used to it I am.) I just think of the equation 5+2 as green. So do others and there's no rhyme or reason for it.

I don't experience taste as colours but certain food colouring has a taste. red jellybeans, red food dye in anything tastes bitter. That's not the same. I think I just have strong taste buds.
 
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Thanks for asking, Kimmio. It was in 2007. She will have ongoing physical injury issues to deal with but can lead a relatively normal life. The loss of the synesthesia was surprising but she also had psycho-educational assessment done before (by coincidence) and after the accident. Even she didn't suffer a head injury, there were significant changes between the two that indicated some long-lasting brain effects.
 
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