I had a pretty strange conversation with my bro-in-law the other day and have since pitched this idea out to a couple of other people. Consensus: I'm a very strange individual.
I think in colour. To be specific, when I picture numbers or letters, they have colour. The same colour everytime. 1 is black, 2 is white, 3 is purple, 4 is green 5 is light blue, 6 is brown, 7 is red, 8 is yelloy orange, 9 is black.
Same goes for letters. A is red, B is yellow, C is brown, D is green, E is blue, F is purple.... And so on.
Acutally, the more I think about it, some of those colours do change or are sort of not assigned. But some of them are concrete. 4 is always green and 7 is always red and 8 is always yellowey orange.
Anybody else? Everyone I've asked this to in the last couple of days has said that they're all black all the time.
And while I'm asking strange questions, here's another one... When I have to remember a number, I have different ways of doing it. Any 3 digit number gets remembered as an amount of money less than $1,000, and then as an item that costs about that much. If I have to remember 432, it becomes $432 and then it becomes an xbox.
When I have to remember 4 digit numbers that start with 1, for example, 1955, I think about it as a year. Then I picture what history taught me about the world at that time and I can easily remember the number.
So usually, I remember phone numbers fairly easily (albeit, for a short amount of time) especially when the 4th number is a 1.
So I'm interested to hear whether anybody sees letters and numbers in colour and how they remember numbers.
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Thank you 4x4 ... I've been asking people what colour is two, how many is orange, etc., my whole life. You're the first person I've encountered who understands. However, I hate to tell you this, but your colour code is wrong.
Thank you 4x4 ... I've been asking people what colour is two, how many is orange, etc., my whole life. You're the first person I've encountered who understands. However, I hate to tell you this, but your colour code is wrong.
No sh*t? I'm not the only weirdo with this flaming affliction?
No sh*t? I'm not the only weirdo with this flaming affliction?
Yep, no sh*t. I use a pretty similar system for remembering numbers too, especially the whole year thing for phone numbers, license plates etc. I've never equated things with the price of consumer products though ... I'll have to try that. I can see where it might work well.
Hmmm...interesting. From my genetics background, there is a rare gentic condition that causes people to have their senses cross-over, so they see "sounds" and such. I don't think that's you, but you somehow associated numbers with colours at an early age. Same goes for your # memory. In memory class, we were also taught to associate #1-50 with a certain object. If you then have a list to memorize or a sequence, you make a story with those linked objects and you'll remember. Linking soemthing you need to remember with something you already know makes it easier for your brain to remember
Do You Think in Colour?
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