Do you see numbers as colors?

Reply #29

MegaWinner — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:08:30 GMT

No but I hear and smell colors. If I hear certain notes, I always get this feeling that the sound is a specific color. And when I smell a smell, I see a color.

Reply #28

jarasan — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:47:34 GMT

I would guess that everybody has it to some degree, it probably varies widely as to how severe the effect of the condition. I wonder if, when I hear something that gives me goosebumps, or smell something that brings back memories is a mild form of synesthesia. The color of the paint in the room supposedly affects mood etc. Also, I've definitely seen red but I think that is from my head getting ready to explode or when I'm feeling blue. Maybe this is where this originated from and diagnosed l... [ More ]

Reply #27

truecritic — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 10:43:39 GMT

I find it strange that, if 4% of the population has synesthesia, why someone here at LP hasn't posted that they also have it? Other than Prozac <grin>

That is 4 out of 100 people - and there are thousands of members, yet no one mentions having it.

Then I wonder if there is any super power associated with having it? (Heros NBC Monday night - Save the cheerleader, save the world

Reply #26

angelm — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 23:59:52 GMT

Winning numbers =green

Reply #25

pacattack05 — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 23:31:54 GMT

He already did!

And that's why I'm here....LOL

Reply #24

pacattack05 — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 23:17:48 GMT

Thanx for reminding me of something I wanted to mention, but forgot to.

Bees can see ultraviolet light. Humans can't.

I see ultraviolet people

Reply #23

jarasan — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 23:04:48 GMT

The real color enhancers come from the fungis. Peyote, psilicibin, sp.? etc. But really, which would you chose; the little blue pill or the slightly larger red pill? The light we perceive comes from a very narrow band of the spectrum, a great movie where something sees differently than we do was the Predator movies, that was good sci-fi with regards to the usage of special effects, the stuff they were doing in the movie is not far off from being reality (with the exception of the hunter of... [ More ]

Reply #22

Badger — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:42:55 GMT

LOL ! God will get you for that.

Reply #21

lotterybraker — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:14:09 GMT

LOL..prozac...good one....very good one...

Reply #20

justxploring — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:45:46 GMT

That's what I need, Emily! Have any extra?

I suppose it's possible to see numbers in color. Why not? Is there a way to scientifically prove how any of us see words or numbers or even colors? I can say that's red and someone might agree that it is indeed red. But how do I know what he/she is seeing

Reply #19

emilyg — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:42:59 GMT

Only when i run out of Prozac

Reply #18

justxploring — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:39:34 GMT

Oh, I know that! Funny - as soon as a person moves to FL she's told you need to buy a white car. (maybe you've heard that too) Yes, the car is usually cooler and it also depends on the material and the color of the interior. Leather seats can burn your legs. So I bought one white car when I first got to FL. Next car was green and now my car is blue. However, if you ever work in a car dealership, you'll see that as soon as a shiny black sports car is put on the showroom floor, it's sold.... [ More ]

Reply #17

pacattack05 — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:22:26 GMT

Both black and white are combinations of the spectum of light. The only difference is that black absorbs more of the light than white does. You're correct in saying that white reflects more.

This is why it's so important not to wear black colored clothing when it's really hot outside, unless of course you enjoy being extra hot.

Reply #16

jarasan — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 13:09:54 GMT

Black absorbs the visible spectrum, white reflects the visible spectrum. Black is the result of all the visible colors added together and white is zero visible colors. This is why black car interiors and paint jobs get so hot as opposed to lighter colors, which stay cooler, even though infrared and ultraviolets are invisible, the same holds true.

The closer you get to white the harder it is to see because of the absence of visible spectrum, throw a little green in and it starts getting eas... [ More ]

Reply #15

justxploring — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 10:19:48 GMT

So are you saying that black is the absence of color and white is the reflection of all colors based on the sun and the reflection of light

Reply #14

truecritic — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 09:52:24 GMT

...and do you watch the show Numbers on a Black and White TV?

Seems if the 4% is correct, there should be quite a few here at LP.

Reply #13

Thoth — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:10:43 GMT

Thanks for the link. Think I've heard of this before. It says about 1 in 23 people have it. Lol and I just went to the movies and watched The number 23 earlier tonight....OOOOOO LOL there it is again

Reply #12

Thoth — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:06:02 GMT

lol thats funny pac

Reply #11

RJOh — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:41:43 GMT

PBS television has a commercial in which birds landing on a five telephone lines inspires a composer at his piano, their positions on the line are seen as musical notes and he starts to play a tune as they land. The tune must have been in the key of C because I never did see any sharps or flats on the line.

Reply #10

Coin Toss — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:55:26 GMT

Thanks gsc5, jarasan.

Wasn't there a news article awhile back about a blind girl in Russia who 'sees' things by feel? She feels something and it appears to her as a color.

There was also a story about somoene who sees words as actual musical notes.

Reply #9

jarasan — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:08:30 GMT

gsc5,

Grapheme is form of synesthesia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia#Various_forms

Synesthesia is the condition.

LOL jarasan

Reply #8

JADELottery — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:48:44 GMT

I perceive them as colors, smells, sounds, feelings (whao-oo-whao, feelings... just had to.)... sometime I even taste 'em... um, delish', what a cook.

I also mind's eye perceive them as shapes, dimensions, space, inverse, hyper, lines, continuous, instantaneous, discontinuous, points, angles, radii, foci, curves, planes, intersections, unions, complements, symmetrical, non-symmetrical, pool balls, license plates, upc digits, zip codes, phone numbers, dates, time, chemical formula, quantum val... [ More ]

Reply #7

gsc5 — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:21:26 GMT

Your condition is called Grapheme color synesthesia. People see letters and or numbers in color.

Reply #6

jarasan — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:44:53 GMT

There is a condition known as synesthesia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia

I envy anyone who has this, it may be a gift. There was a documentary on this on Science Channel anyway, the good one is the one that is not drug onset but inherited. It is like crossed up sensory pathways, about 4% of the population has it.

LOL jarasan

Reply #5

RJOh — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:10:49 GMT

I don't see numbers as colors, but I wrote a programs to analyze past drawings result in which I enter parameters to define hot and cold numbers. It colors cold numbers blue, hot numbers red, extra hot numbers yellow and the remaining numbers green. Depending the parameters I enter most of the winning numbers are green so tonight for the MegaMillions game I'm only playing green numbers..

Reply #4

pacattack05 — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:53:03 GMT

By the way, I know this is semantics, but black and white are technically not colors.

Reply #3

pacattack05 — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:45:17 GMT

Are hue kidding?

In my teenage years, I used to see everything in colors. Especially my pet named white rabbit.

Unfortunately he dyed a month later.

Reply #2

stavros — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:31:40 GMT

Hue never miss a trick! Many years ago, in college, I had seen numbers in colors a few times

Reply #1

pacattack05 — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:18:03 GMT

Are hue kidding

Do you see numbers as colors?

Thoth — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:10:40 GMT

This may sound a little strange, but does anyone else here associate different digits with particular colors? I noticed a long time ago that when I think of numbers I see them in different colors. My favorite Pick 3 number looks something like this:

023

Here is how my mind colorizes the digits:

0 Black

1 White

2 Red

3 Grey

4 Blue

5 Orange

6 Blue

7 Yellow

8 Green

9 Black

I'm not really sure why both the 0 and 9 are black or why the 4 and 6 are both blue...thats just the way... [ More ]