Music → Color
commonListening to music produces vivid color experiences, often with shapes and textures that shift with melody, harmony, and rhythm.
Inducer
music
Concurrent
color
Category
Auditory Visual
About Music → Color
One of the most common forms. Listening to music produces vivid color experiences that shift with melody, harmony, and rhythm. Pharrell Williams describes 'seeing music' as integral to his process. Lorde won't work on a song if its colors are 'too oppressive or ugly.' Charli XCX favors songs that are 'black, pink, purple or red.' Research links it to enhanced structural connectivity between auditory and visual cortices.
Notable People
Research
Ward, J. et al. (2024). Synaesthesia and music preference. Psychology of Music, 53(3).
View publication →Zamm, A. et al. (2013). The aesthetics of music-color synesthesia. Consciousness and Cognition.
View publication →People with Music → Color(9)
Kaitlyn Hova
@kaitlynhova
United States
Linda Brouwer
@LindaBrouwer
Netherlands
Jasmin Sinha
@Jasmin
Belgium
SnowVision
@SnowVision
Canada
Torrian
@chapmantorrian
United States
Christy G
@ChristyG
United States
Smadar Frisch – Host of 'Chromatic Minds' Podcast
@SmadarFrisch91
Israel
Pau 365
@Pau365
Spain
Ben Rathje
@benrat
United States