I only realised I have Synesthesia when I saw a TV programme about it. The people in the programme had more extreme forms - one man had to live with a bombardment of random tastes, prompted by certain words, and there was a woman who saw letters in different colours. Black and white signs, information boards, newspapers, were all multicoloured through her eyes.

With me, it's numbers....when I see or hear a number I see it in a particular colour. So, 1 is beige, 2 is green, 8 is bottle green, 3 is brown, and 7 is a kind of mustard brown. 4 is yellow and 6 is a strong sugar pink. 5 is navy blue.

Once the number is in double figures or more then one number will stand out so 21 is green because the colour for 2 feels stronger than the colour for 1.

The best way to explain it is that the colour association is as significant as the numerical value of the number. It's as much part of my understanding of what 4 means as the number itself.

Lots of you have already been in touch with your amazing powers...

I have always seen days in colours. Monday - dark blue, Thursday - pink and Friday - of course dark green ! Lorraine

I see numbers as domino dots. Always have done - but only in black & white. Lucky Sheila to have such a colourful numerical life. Sue in bristol.

During the summer months I can taste most colours - but annoyingly I cant describe the flavours as they dont taste like anything else. But blues and yellows have strongest flavours. Helen.

A variation: I get subtitles in my head for everything I hear - words and sounds. I really struggle when people talk in long sentences as I can't understand what's being said, until my head can put the full stops in! Alison

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