Sound → Texture

rare

Sounds evoke tactile texture sensations — a sound might feel smooth, gritty, or velvety.

Inducer

sound

Concurrent

texture

About Sound → Texture

Sounds evoke tactile texture sensations — a sound might feel smooth, gritty, or velvety. Duke Ellington famously described D as 'dark blue burlap.' The phenomenon reveals deep cross-modal connections between auditory and somatosensory processing.

Notable People

Duke Ellington (described notes as having textures like 'dark blue burlap')→

Research

Simner, J. & Ludwig, V. (2012). The color of touch. Neurocase, 18(2).

View publication →

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

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