Song/Genre → Color
uncommonEntire songs or musical genres evoke overall color impressions or palettes.
Inducer
song
Concurrent
color
Category
Auditory Visual
About Song/Genre → Color
Entire songs or musical genres evoke overall color impressions or palettes. Frank Ocean named his album 'Channel Orange' because orange was the color he saw when he first fell in love. Lorde has described refusing to finish songs whose color palettes feel wrong.
Research
Ward, J. et al. (2024). Synaesthesia and music preference. Psychology of Music, 53(3).
View publication →Palmer, S.E. et al. (2013). Music-color associations are mediated by emotion. PNAS, 110(22).
View publication →People with Song/Genre → Color(9)
Linda Brouwer
@LindaBrouwer
Netherlands
SnowVision
@SnowVision
Canada
Christy Gurley
@ChristyG
United States
Jasmin Sinha
@Jasmin
Belgium
Rachel M SJ
@rmsloughmft
United States
Ferr
@ferrero
Australia
Kate Speaks With Iron
@KateSpeaksWithIron
United States
lucia
@lucia
United States
Rebecca Adams
@rebeccad55
United States