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Posted: 22-04-2003 22:41 Post subject: The Synaesthesia Thread

(Point of this post was to get people to send me what colour 'Wednesday' evoked for them. Don't bother PM'ing me your colours anymore, just post them to the thread Very Happy

... Results are below)

Posted: 23-04-2003 05:33 Post subject:

This is really interesting me. I can't wait until you get enough responses to share with all of us. I wonder if what I said was similar to anyone else. Very, very cool!

Posted: 23-04-2003 09:10 Post subject:

My girlfriend has very particular opinions on the colours of the days, I'll have to ask her. Me, I don't have a particular opinion.

Posted: 23-04-2003 15:53 Post subject: Results

Thanks to everyone who sent in colours. The results-

Purple--------------2- ##
Blue/Purple---------2- ##
Blue/Grey-----------2- ##
Blue----------------4- ####
Blue/Green----------2- ##
Green---------------8- ########
Yellow/Orange-------6- ######
Brown---------------2- ##

Basically, the peak was around green, which is what I was expecting.

The interesting thing that happened, was that most people either picked green - a very 'natural' colour. Of the people who didn't say green, many described the colours as "a rich earthy brown", "blue/grey like distant mountains", "a golden wheat colour" - all natural colours too... not quite sure why that is...

The other option, as suggested by someone, was that Wednesday is coloured green in the Radio Times roll eyes (sarcastic)

- this seemed to bear out actually, as a lot of the Americans surveyed didn't respond with 'green'.

The people who made clear in their responses that it was an immediate thing, that they didn't have to think about, all picked green.

The results are attached in a nice image file too for your pleasure!

Posted: 23-04-2003 16:00 Post subject:

funny, iw was thinking green

Posted: 23-04-2003 16:13 Post subject:

Hmmm, I always thought Wednesday was blue.

But I don't read Radio Times....

Posted: 23-04-2003 16:17 Post subject:

I thought it was yellow. And I don't read the Radio Times either

Posted: 23-04-2003 16:23 Post subject:

Sorry guys!

Wednesday is olive as in oil!

Friday is mauve as in Gimauche!

Maybe yous aren't wearing the right shades!

Try Thompsons Opticians!

Posted: 23-04-2003 16:49 Post subject:

pah, fools the lot of you. roll eyes (sarcastic)

everyone knows that :

Monday=sky blue
Tuesday=blood red
wednesday=sunburst yellow
Thursday=indigo
friday=jade
saturday=iceburg lettice green
sunday=aqua marine

As the whole weekend consists of greens in various variations and wednesday is sunburst yellow how then could wednesday possibly be green? confused

Posted: 23-04-2003 16:51 Post subject:

IMLO wednesday is green, thursday and friday are red, but thursday is a far more serene dark red. Monday is sort of blue to grey, and I have no idea about tuesday.

Posted: 23-04-2003 20:04 Post subject:

Cool, do you think that you assuming green would be the main choice, that you effected the outcome?
BTW when I saw the question, I just thought..erm? Green, yep definately green for absolutely no reason. I like this game!!!:p

Posted: 23-04-2003 20:11 Post subject:

taras-I know 28 isn't a huge sample, but I was wondering if you broke it down geographically, as you mentioned in your initial post. I found the Radio Times thing interesting as I too have no idea what it is and chose orange (USA, duh Smile

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Posted: 23-04-2003 21:25 Post subject:

My opinion (image attached - also takes account of the hours of the day). I'm quite old fashioned and have always considered Sunday to be the start of the week. So Tuesday is green for me. Though I can see where the Wednesday - is - green people are coming from.

Posted: 23-04-2003 22:56 Post subject:

Is it very common to associate days of the week with colours? I thought I was the only one! I picked green and, as I said to Taras in my PM, it was an immediate impression.

BTW Friday has always been brown to me.

Edit - Nearly forgot. I don't read the 'Radio Times' either.

Posted: 24-04-2003 00:00 Post subject:

Radio Times reader here. Could be right with that theory because Wednesday seemed green to me right away.