Colors and Sound!
Do any of you see colors when you hear sound?
Do you associate certain key signatures with colors?
Let us know below!
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My student, who has perfect pitch, told me that when he hears a note he associates the sound with a certain color.
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I sometimes "see" colors when I listen to a piece, but it is more "scenes" than strictly "colors". For example, in some of Brahms's works I feel/see greenery/freshness/fresh air and sunlight. Or sometimes it is a cool blue with Beethoven. Until they switch it up. :D Sometimes it is a fleeting moment. Prokofiev can sometimes elicit a "metallic" color palette.
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No, but I have a friend he does see color.
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I sort of feel colors... Different keys have different attributes, which I know but can't always recognize when listening. A Major is very red, and somewhat fiery; A minor is also red. B flat Major is a happy, grand and somewhat marine blue. B flat minor is a more muddy blue, and very tragic. B Major is very rich, and somewhat greenish. C Major is white and pure, C minor I'm not quite sure about... Maybe grey? C# minor is a nocturnal blue, and just generally of the night. D flat Major is calm and tranquil, a forest green. D Major is vibrant green, D minor marble and classical (Greek statues come to mind). E flat Major heroic, noble, kind of an orange-ish color.. E flat minor the same color, but more tragic. E Major brighter, more of a yellow than the flat. E minor is also yellow, very tragic. F Major is kind of purple, F minor dark green, almost black, imbued with elemental power. G flat Major is a less dark green.. F# minor is a sobered purple, very sorrowful.
G Major happy and green, G minor dark blue and nocturnal. A flat Major melodic, and a dark red; A flat minor a slightly deeper red. Flat keys are generally more "mature" than their natural counterparts, #s sharper.
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There’s actually a name for that…it’s called Synesthesia. Helene Grimaud has it too.