Musical Modes → Color

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Musical Modes → Color Synesthesia is a rare type of synesthesia. Musical modes (Dorian, Lydian, etc.) trigger specific color experiences.

Inducer: musical-mode
Concurrent: color
Category: Auditory Visual

What is Musical Modes → Color Synesthesia?

Musical modes (Dorian, Lydian, Phrygian, etc.) trigger distinct color experiences. The Lydian mode might appear bright yellow, while Phrygian looks dark red. Messiaen's 'modes of limited transposition' were explicitly linked to his color experiences.

Notable People with Musical Modes → Color Synesthesia

Olivier Messiaen (modes of limited transposition with color associations)→

Research on Musical Modes → Color Synesthesia

Haverkamp, M. (2013). Synesthetic Design. Birkhauser.

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Cytowic, R.E. & Eagleman, D.M. (2009). Wednesday Is Indigo Blue. MIT Press.

People with Musical Modes → Color(10)

Linda Brouwer

@LindaBrouwer

Netherlands

Jasmin Sinha

@Jasmin

Belgium

Smadar Frisch – Host of 'Chromatic Minds' Podcast

@SmadarFrisch91

Israel

Ben Rathje

@benrat

United States

Samantha

@Samantha

Canada

Ferr

@ferrero

Australia

2C_

@2C_

Germany

Rebecca Adams

@rebeccad55

United States

Musicolors

@musicolors

United States

PuffyJ

@Puffyj

Australia