I have the same kind of color associations as Kasondra, with the addition of
musical notes. I have read that synesthesia is rare, but the more people I
talk to, the more common it seems to be.
Some of my colors are different from hers, some are apparently the same: the
letter l is somewhere between red and orange, I guess, but u is more brown
than blue, and a is black.
Interestingly, for those familiar with Braille, all the dot combinations
with similar shapes have similar - but not exactly the same colors. For
example, p is bright yellow, while th sign is darker yellow, number sign is
still yellow, but a little darker still, and v is somewhere in between p and
th. Similarly, the letter n, the t h e sign, e d and z all have relatively
close shades of red. I spaced these last two out so they would talk better.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kasondra Payne" <Kassyp36@xxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 7:42 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Fwd: Fw: Blind sight
Hi Guys,
There was something in the original post about blind people visualizing
Braille characters with colors. I have always done that. The letter u is
blue, and l is a shade of orange, and a is white. I see colors, so this is
not a stretch. I see print letters in very much the same way. I also
visualize numbers, days of the week, months, and other concepts. I don't
think I have ever tried to explain this to anyone before, but I have done it
since I was very young. By the way, I use the same visualizations whether I
am working in Spanish or English. Well, here are my weird thoughts.
Kasondra Payne
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