![]() ![]() Sound often changes the perceived hue, brightness, scintillation, and directional movement. The colors triggered by certain sounds, and any other synesthetic visual experiences, are referred to as photisms.Īccording to Richard Cytowic, chromesthesia is "something like fireworks": voice, music, and assorted environmental sounds such as clattering dishes or dog barks trigger color and firework shapes that arise, move around, and then fade when the sound ends. People with synesthesia related to music may also have perfect pitch because their ability to see and hear colors aids them in identifying notes or keys. For others, colors are triggered when musical notes or keys are being played. For some, everyday sounds can trigger seeing colors. While nearly every logically possible combination of experiences can occur, several types are more common than others.Īnother common form of synesthesia is the association of sounds with colors. Similarly, when synesthetes see colors and movement as a result of hearing musical tones, it would be indicated as tone → (color, movement) synesthesia. For example, perceiving letters and numbers (collectively called graphemes) as colored would be indicated as grapheme-color synesthesia. Types of synesthesia are indicated by using the notation x → y, where x is the "inducer" or trigger experience, and y is the "concurrent" or additional experience. Synesthesia can occur between nearly any two senses or perceptual modes, and at least one synesthete, Solomon Shereshevsky, experienced synesthesia that linked all five senses.
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