WELCOME. PLEASE CONTINUE THROUGH THE EXHIBIT WITH YOUR HEADPHONES. AS YOU COME TO EACH PIECE, PRESS PLAY ON THE WEBPLAYER ADJACENT TO THE TITLE CARD. THIS WILL CONNECT YOU TO THE AUDIO THAT PAIRS WITH THAT IMAGE. KEEP SCROLLING. ENJOY.

CHROMESTHESIA: A TYPE OF SYNESTHESIA IN WHICH A NONVISUAL STIMULUS CAUSES THE INDIVIDUAL TO PERCEIVE COLOR. COLOR HEARING IS A FORM OF CHROMESTHESIA. IN COLOR HEARING A MUSICAL TONE ELICITS A COLOR. ONE WELL-STUDIED CASE INVOLVED AN ART TEACHER WHO HAD A RANGE OF CONSISTENT LINKAGES BETWEEN TONE AND COLOR. FOR HER, HIGH OCTAVES TENDED TO EVOKE A LIGHTER COLOR VALUE, WHILE LOWER OCTAVES EVOKED A DARKER COLOR VALUE. AND RAPID MAJOR CHORD TONE SEQUENCES ELICITED RAPID FLASHES OF COLORS, “SOMEWHAT LIKE FIREWORKS EXPLODING.

REF.: HAACK, P. A., & RADOCY, R. E. (1981). A CASE STUDY OF A CHROMESTHETIC. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MUSIC EDUCATION, 29, 85-90.