Music and Colours (1 Viewer)

[Jim Daniels]

Does anybody see colours when they listen to music?
Not like Jesus Loves You Sunbeams or anything but more of a fairly strong impression of colour in your head.

When listening to say Rain by the Beatles I see golden yellows and whites. Whereas when listening to Bob Dylan I see browns. With Flaming Lips, its all strong reds and oranges. More claustrophobic music like Jimi Hendrix gives off a smattering of colours.

Its cool, but nobody believes me except me sister. She sees them too.

Just wondering does anybody else get these vibes..?
Is there a technical reason, bright major keys, dark minor keys etc?

Just wondering
Jim

 

[nEiLo]

it's called synaesthesia

A condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another, as when the hearing of a sound produces the visualization of a color.

 

[nEiLo]

it also means you're nuts! ; )

 

[guy of the tiger]

it's called synesthesia

http://web.mit.edu/synesthesia/www/synesthesia.html

http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/v2/psyche-2-10-cytowic.html

Does anybody see colours when they listen to music?
Not like Jesus Loves You Sunbeams or anything but more of a fairly strong impression of colour in your head.

When listening to say Rain by the Beatles I see golden yellows and whites. Whereas when listening to Bob Dylan I see browns. With Flaming Lips, its all strong reds and oranges. More claustrophobic music like Jimi Hendrix gives off a smattering of colours.

Its cool, but nobody believes me except me sister. She sees them too.

Just wondering does anybody else get these vibes..?
Is there a technical reason, bright major keys, dark minor keys etc?

Just wondering
Jim

 

[jane]

I mostly see brown when I....

oops....er....*whistles*...fans air..."How now, brown cloud?"

 

[george mcfly]

I mostly see brown when I....

oops....er....*whistles*...fans air..."How now, brown cloud?"

Jane, have you ever heard of the scatman?

i think he saw brown when he sang!

 

[#10-7]

i hear carrots when i touch velvet.

ah no, i've heard of that. it must be cool.
if i'm a bit out of it and listening to music i can see patterns when i close my eyes... like as if they're that thing in windows.

 

[Jim Daniels]

it's called synaesthesia

A condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another, as when the hearing of a sound produces the visualization of a color.

Really! a condition huh?
The nuts option sounds more like it...

 

[guy of the tiger]

when I hear the Thrills I smell shit

 

[billygannon]

I feel horny when I look at Kylie

 

[Donkey OJ]

When listening to say Rain by the Beatles I see golden yellows and whites.

fuck. as in "how interesting". whatabout the white album? and metallicas black album? and weezers green or blue albums? and fugazi's red album? does a man with your gifts see any correlation between (or are the colours you see influenced by) the name of the album or by the colour schemes on the album cover?

[zero toilets for sentence structure]

 

[ann post]

got some south african doob a few years ago..saw most of soundgardens superunknown with that.
its grey and black.

who was that deaf composer??? didnt he see tunes?

 

[jane]

I sense disaster when I touch cloth.

 

[Jim Daniels]

.....are the colours you see influenced by the name of the album or by the colour schemes on the album cover?

[zero toilets for sentence structure]

They actually are yeah (especially the colour of album sleeves) and that is a more plausible reason I guess. But it also happens with music which I dont own but hear on the radio. Lo fi music tends not to give off any real colours at all.

 

[Rimbaud]

I see fullblown images when listening to some music.....daydreaming possibly.
This one song with heavy fast drumming and screaming - i always see Nazi skinheds dancing for some reason(even though the musicis very anti-fascist pro peace stuff)
I see Orange, Yellow and fuzzy stuff when listening to Spacemen 3.

 

[BC]

yes, i see colours when i hear sound. different sounds, different colours. always had it. also, if i shut my eyes for even a few seconds at any time i see all sorts of patterns, random faces, landscapes. strange. but it doesnt bother me.