The Color of Your Voice

[Mahou]

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1zYs7bc1D07

[YoshL]

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0YNdYfz6dsI

[25thhour]

I have a fully blind friend who uses color to describe voices that she hears. Its quite remarkable that even though she has never seen before in her life, she can describe everyones voice with a distinct color, which is how she remembers who is talking.

Mine has been described as dark purple.

[blindreper1179]

That's awesome, but how does she know what colors look like to the name?

[Guilhermeziat]

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0Q7n5d0WFw5
Ft. really really good joke about colors you'll die laughing HAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Edit: 5 bucks Eze's color will be white

[choof]

Originally Posted by blindreper1179

That's awesome, but how does she know what colors look like to the name?

there are so many intricacies to voices; every voice is unique. I'd imagine you could distinguish your mom's voice from someone else's that might be similar; imagine that amplified by 1000

[blindreper1179]

That doesn't help answer how she knows purple is purple.

[choof]

personification

[rushyrulz]

Originally Posted by blindreper1179

That doesn't help answer how she knows purple is purple.

I don't think a person who can see could possibly begin to fathom how a totally blind person interprets color. But there is an interpretation, and it's very, very different from your interpretation. As a person who can see and who could not possibly begin to fathom how a totally blind person interprets color, I will take a stab at how I think it works...

Color is a visual construct, thus cannot be truly understood by someone who cannot see. But color is a pretty common topic if you associate with non-blind individuals, so naturally you learn to make connections between color and emotion .. or smell .. or sound .. or other sensory perception. (Example the sound of a fireplace makes you think of what color? Red? Orange? Yellow? How about the feel of something hot? Probably red right? If you closed your eyes and put your hand near a hot stovetop you would most likely imagine in your head a "red" hot surface. Similarly with cold things, you would imagine lighter blues and whites perhaps a bit of purple. A few examples I can think of off the top of my head that associate color with non-visual senses: (Think of what color you associate for each example and highlight the whited out text to see if your answer matches mine.)

The taste of tomato soup : Red
The smell of a lemon: yellow
The feel of a cool breeze: light blue
Hot sand underneath your feet: orange/gold
Pain: Red
Safety: Blue
Fear: Red
Joy: Yellow

Your answers may have differed from mine, but that's okay because none of these things actually have a color, it's just a color you have associated with it. This, I believe, is how a blind person interprets color. They don't have a visual representation of color, so they only have the other four senses and emotions to interpret them. When I say the word yellow you can picture the color yellow in your mind, where a blind person might feel joy or feel the sun on their skin instead of visualizing the color yellow like you would immediately do, but they can tell you that a tomato is red and the sun is yellow without giving it a second thought. Blind people have lived their entire lives interpreting color this way.

It is because of this, I believe, that certain sounds such as a person's voice can remind a blind person of a particular color even if they have never seen color before.

Disclaimer: I probably have no idea what I'm talking about but hopefully this helps explain my point of view on it???

[choof]

Originally Posted by s1rnight

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1fdw1q1ZEtr

edit: two more seconds http://vocaroo.com/i/s03CwEu01WTP

really the only thing I can say about this is "imagine the michelin man with chocolate marshmallows in his mouth"

a muddled, bubbling brown, like a bubbling swamp.

[basicdrummerman]

it has begun

[choof]

Originally Posted by noname219

Said some gibberish nonsense : http://vocaroo.com/i/s12w7Gm2n954

every language I don't understand, I just automatically someone is talking shit so you talking shit m8?????

a lazy, meandering whitish-yellow, I honestly would like to liken it to melted brie without the crusted mold.

[choof]

Originally Posted by EzExZeRo7497

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1B57X49VpMH

static

a deep rumbling purple, the words that end in "s" sounds cut a bit into the color with a lighter purple. that affects the visuals stronger than the constant static, maybe because it's more strongly affected by the static itself. the lower bits get dangerously close to shadowy levels of purple, the threshold between dark purple/blue and black

[choof]

Originally Posted by ilikexd

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1PDxUC0ujU9

the issue with vocaroo is that I'm not able to put things on repeat unless I download the files

try again with something longer than 10 seconds

[Funnygurl555]

featuring vacuum cleaner
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0fVKSCE5wnv

[Cold Kitten]

i'm gonna read nega master's about me thingy on her profile it'll be great brb

edit: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0m8AyFQEipt

the best.

[Kawaii025]

My color will probably be one I don't like... :/

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0MDzjEpVt8Y

[gold stinger]

hot damn kawaii when I hear your voice I picture that business blonde with the glasses that everyone wants to ask out.

[Fantasticone]

http://vocaroo.com/i/s145PCtbfF0B

[gold stinger]

Originally Posted by Cold Kitten

i'm gonna read nega master's about me thingy on her profile it'll be great brb

edit: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0m8AyFQEipt

the best.

I'm still judging fyi