if you're synaesthetic then yes
it's all about your brain interpreting things via other senses, or something. To me numbers and words are colours (and also shapes, but not as you think I mean), smells can be colours or sound, sound has colour and shape. Concepts tend to be the same sort of shape/colour thing, too so I sometimes have theories which I can 'see' work but have to make them into words.

Happens most when I'm tired
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 4 Aug 2011, 23:42, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

That is cool, just been looking it up in some of my books,
what colour is 4 for you?
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Thu 4 Aug 2011, 23:44, Reply)

blue
it's not the same for everyone
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 4 Aug 2011, 23:45, Reply)

and shape?

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Thu 4 Aug 2011, 23:46, Reply)

I can't tell you the shape
they only exist in my brain space, that's why it's not really shape so much as a 'conceptual' shape which is also related to the colour. This is not a good description, really, but language sucks at this
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 4 Aug 2011, 23:48, Reply)

you are totally my favourite mentallist ever.
Super serial!
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Thu 4 Aug 2011, 23:50, Reply)

it's not that uncommon!
something like 1 in 20 have it to some degree - especially people who do arty things. I was about 14 before I realised everyone else didn't.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 4 Aug 2011, 23:54, Reply)

It's frickin awesome, I would love to experience it.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 5 Aug 2011, 0:02, Reply)

it's pretty cool,
although once I was so hot and tired when I was playing in a concert with the orchestra that I kept getting distracted by the colours of the notes. Given I'm pretty bad at it anyway, I suspect I was playing atrociously.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 5 Aug 2011, 0:08, Reply)

I get it sometimes with, shall we say, physical experiences...
Usually colours and shapes. It's not the sort of thing you can ask others if they experience as well.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 5 Aug 2011, 0:17, Reply)

haha! yeah
done that too! If I'm really tired if someone strokes my arm or something it's like it's a concept or idea. I've had to ask previous boyfriend not to touch me for 20 minutes or so just because it was making me feel woozy
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 5 Aug 2011, 0:27, Reply)

The composer Olivier Messiaen was synaesthetic, and saw strong links between music and colour.
This unique perspective was part of what made his harmonic "language" so rich and varied.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 4 Aug 2011, 23:55, Reply)

Ok Ok, you can be my second favourite.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Thu 4 Aug 2011, 23:56, Reply)

There was a famous conductor
who would demand the orchestra play more 'blue'
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 4 Aug 2011, 23:57, Reply)