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Do you associate numbers with colors?
November 4, 2012 at 10:14 am
I've always had distinct associations in my mind between colors and numbers:
1 is light grey
2 is fire engine red
3 is light yellow
4 is blue
5 is somewhere between pink and orange
6 is dark green
7 is pinkish purple
8 is dark purple but sometimes black
9 is gold (probably because I grew up watching DS9 which had a lot of goldish colors)
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RE: Do you associate numbers with colors?
November 4, 2012 at 10:16 am
I don't associate numbers with colours. But I do, to a degree, associate numbers with personalities.
And I associate music with colours, although I don't literally see colours when I hear music.
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RE: Do you associate numbers with colors?
November 4, 2012 at 1:29 pm
(This post was last modified: November 4, 2012 at 1:29 pm by Annik.)
I've never done this before... I might be like DvF, which certain pitches seem to evoke certain colors.
EDIT: I'm curious to see if anyone has/will study something like this.
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RE: Do you associate numbers with colors?
November 4, 2012 at 2:18 pm
(This post was last modified: November 4, 2012 at 2:31 pm by Aroura.)
Actually, red and yellow are well known colors that evoke hunger (look at every restaurant in the states, practically). Red Robin, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Wendy's, TGI Fridays are just some off the top of my head that use at least read, and most also yellow. Lots of sit down restaurants use red, especially, interior decor (red brick walls, red velvet carpeting, etc).
On topic, associating one sense with another is called Synesthesia. Teaearlgreyhot, the kind you experience (colors with numbers), is the most common form of it, too. Overall, it's a LOT more common than you might think.