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synesthesia and names

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Bowsandbugs · 06/10/2017 16:43

Does anyone here have it? If so are there any names that are particularly beautiful to you? Or are there any names that you simply couldn't have due to their horrible colour/taste? TOTALLY fascinated by this and hope their is someone out there who can answer my questions!lol x

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Carouselfish · 11/10/2017 23:52

Yes! I chose my DD's names as they were Gold, Pale Blue and Spring Green and I thought they 'looked' really pretty together.

Evelyn to me is a dark green, bottle green.

kaytee87 · 11/10/2017 16:23

Interesting I think Emma is green and James red Smile

Dustbunny1900 · 11/10/2017 14:53

Emma is a comfortable, warm brown to me. It's a name I associate with the forest, lady bugs, fall, and a warm autumn knit scarf. Idk about James because I feel it's clouded by knowing a James! I'd say a red or orange though

spiderlight · 11/10/2017 12:48

Thank you! This is so interesting. I asked on another synaesthesia thread ages ago and someone said it was a dark red name to them. I would love to experience this. My MIL and niece have to a degree and it fascinates me.

kaytee87 · 11/10/2017 12:45

What colour / texture are James and Emma?

Pidlan · 11/10/2017 12:19

spiderlight I can see Rhidian / Rhydian as a lovely yellow, like golden straw, but there's some light blue at the edges. (Familiar with the name because I'm a Welsh speaker)

spiderlight · 11/10/2017 11:46

This is fascinating! What colour/texture is Rhidian?

Sophronia · 11/10/2017 09:52

FartnissEverbeans I agree with you on the colours of B, I and S Grin

Sophronia · 11/10/2017 09:48

I have it where the initial letter decides the colour of a name, so for me A names are red, as are all other words beginning with A, B names are brown and so on...

littlechou · 11/10/2017 09:48

Ooh do me do me! My name is Chloë Grin

What an interesting thread... I associate names with ‘looks’ but tbh I think that’s just early memories of people with those names - boring.

Pidlan · 11/10/2017 09:42

This thread has confirmed that I probably have synesthesia. I thought everyone had it! Blush
Every name has a different colour, but it might be a mix- like my own name is a deep velvety blue, with a swirl of purple in it.

moregingerbreadplease · 11/10/2017 09:36

Wilburissomepig What beautiful names! Adelpha and Isla are both deep purple names for me.

PsammeadPaintedTheLion · 10/10/2017 20:10

Ooh. Quite fancy being pale and interesting. Grin

Dustbunny1900 · 10/10/2017 20:07

Victoria is a dark dusty purple and black to me. dust moats in the sun, a dark hallway of an old Victorian house, dark hair and pale skin

PsammeadPaintedTheLion · 10/10/2017 19:58

This is so interesting. I am desperate to ask about my name! Would anyone mind? It's Victoria.

Bumdishcloths · 10/10/2017 19:12

This is so interesting! Grin

Elmo303 · 10/10/2017 18:24

I have the colour one too and there are certain perfectly good names I've discounted for dc2 and dc3 because their colours didnt 'go' with the other names. It's weird!

UsernameInvalid66 · 10/10/2017 14:43

There are a few names that I associate more with certain hair colours but probably more because of people I've known than anything intrinsic about the names. My opinion can change too. I used to think of Robert as a name that suited dark-haired boys better but the one I know best now is fair, and now that doesn't seem wrong at all. I can't really picture a blonde Sophie, despite the existence of the Countess!

The only other one I can think of is that for some reason (must be some childhood memory but I'm not sure of the details) I vaguely associate Julie with the taste and smell of cherries.

AutumnalLeaves38 · 07/10/2017 23:38

Synaesthesia's always really interested me, too!

This woman's account probably sounds familiar to many of you:
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/aug/19/experience-i-see-words-as-colours

Dustbunny1900 · 07/10/2017 22:05

Evelyn is autumnal to me..olive greens, chocolate brown, fox tail orange. It's a girl with auburn hair and freckles

Isla is pale and and a lonely, haunting atmosphere. Blue, white

Adelpha is magenta against aquamarine , sea creatures jumping in the waves, Grecian, curly brunette hair.

This is fun!!

NerNerNerNerNerNerNerNerBATMAN · 07/10/2017 18:39

I have this, I don't necessarily taste names but a yellow name next to a green name tastes very sour and unpleasant.

A names are yellow and as a general rule I dislike them for this

S names also yellow. I know a siobhan green which tastes horrible to me, despite it being a perfectly lovely name

I tend to favour J names (blue), M names (red), R names (brown/black).

It wouldn't put me off a name, but I probably would never pick an A name

Jooni · 07/10/2017 17:21

Fascinating, I really want to know what these DC names are now!

NoncommittalToSparkleMotion · 07/10/2017 17:14

Omg yes!

DD1's name is a field of daffodils under a clear blue sky.

DD2's name is orange and red leaves falling off a tree at dusk.

That sounds saccharin and twee, but I'm blaming it on post birth hormones.

CourageCamille · 07/10/2017 17:07

My friend Alexandra is a peacock green to me, and Catherine is a watery blue. Emily is germaline pink. I always write their birthday cards in the nearest colour ink I can get to their names, and have done since we were kids. I don’t think they know why though!

FartnissEverbeans · 07/10/2017 17:01

I have the colour one. I think that's why I like names in the first place.

A names are white
B is brown
C is bright green
D is black
E is pink
F is lilac/pale grey

and so on. I don't like brown names or orange names. My favourites are I names (which are a bright blue) and S names, which are yellow.

However, it isn't just the initial letter that affects the colour of the name. I love my son's name because it's white and yellow and it just seems really clean and fresh.