When you hear the word love, does it taste like fresh ink and soft paper? When you see the number 4, does it burn a deep orange in your mind's eye? Does the letter E glow lime green above the page ...

The more often you use a letter or number, the brighter the color you associate with it. No, it’s not a psychedelic experience, but a common link among people, called synaesthetes, who see vivid ...

It’s prime time to discuss an old favorite of mine (and of many color fans): synesthesia, that curious trick of certain brains, mine included, that makes one “see” colors in letters and numbers in dry ...

An artist and designer created an online tool that shows you the color of your name -- based on a rare sensory trait. It's called synesthesia, and only about 4 percent of the population have this ...

In the 19th century, they called it “colored hearing”—letters and words, when spoken, took on mental weight and shimmered with color in the mind’s eye. For Miss C., who was interviewed in 1892, “n” ...