Does anyone else have this feeling?

**Solarflare** · 02-27-2011 03:41 PM

I don't know if I put this in the proper section....

But anyways (sigh, how can i explain this >.>) whenever i look at some colours, I can taste something or WANT to taste something. The best example for me is the colour Orange, whenever I look at A BRIGHT orange, I feel like drinking soda

.... I taste soda in my mouth and i want soda :/(and it's because of this that orange is now my favourite colour

)

Kinda the same thing happens to me with books and music >.> Every song I hear I can relate a book to. It sometimes makes me nostalgic and then i wanna read the book

Any enlightenment would be nice

thank oo

**Aristaeus** · 02-28-2011 05:18 AM

Hmm, perhaps you may be interested in reading about Synesthesia. I would not jump to any conclusions, but it is possible you may have it in some form or another.

Many Synesthetes, or people bearing Synesthesia, tend to experience the kind of feelings of which you speak. For instance, some will get a taste in their mouth--be it sweet, salty, sour, or bitter--by listening to a musical composition, or will see various shapes or colours in the air upon hearing particular sounds or songs, or will see a myriad of colours whilst reading words or math formulas. Annnnnd so on.

You might also be interested in these:
New Insight into People Who Taste Words | LiveScience
Rare but Real: People Who Feel, Taste and Hear Color | LiveScience

And yes, this is probably not the best forum section for this topic. Perhaps "Extended Discussion" or "Fitness and Health" would be more appropriate.

**guitarboy** · 02-28-2011 05:23 AM

It's synesthesia, gustatory synesthesia. Link? Synesthesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

**Solarflare** · 03-01-2011 12:03 AM

yeah, reading back on this topic, WTF did i put it here - .-

anyways thx, Is it the same thing as tone colour, we learned about tone colour like 3 months ago in school, so just wondering...

It's awesome

lol

**Zhaylin** · 03-05-2011 06:57 AM

I don't get that, but it does sound cool!

During events in life, I hear music, then I have to sing. If the car breaks down, there's a song about that. If my kids are driving me batty, there will be THE right song for it.
That's as close as I get though

**Evolventity** · 03-09-2011 09:14 AM

Ooooh, sounds like fun. The closest thing I have to that is my tongue salivating when I think of eating something sour. Maybe that's normal, I don't know. &Do you think of drinking orange soda or other flavors?