When you hear or see a name, any name, does it bring to mind a color or an image? Maybe both?
I connect names very strongly with pictures, and colors as well.
When you hear or see a name, any name, does it bring to mind a color or an image? Maybe both?
I connect names very strongly with pictures, and colors as well.
I have a mild form of synesthesia, so I often get imagery, moods, sounds, feelings, āGIFsā that play in my mind, and sometimes colors.
The colors are hit or miss and tend to emerge more frequently with combos. For example, [name_f]Cosima[/name_f] alone does not spark a color, but [name_f]Rose[/name_f] is a warm dusty pink, while the combo [name_f]Cosima[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] is like a backdrop of midnight blue with clouds of the dusty pink like a nebula, and the whole thing is sprinkled with silver stars.
a little bit! I āseeā all of my favorite girlās names as Victorian lace. I guess because theyāre all very old fashioned and frilly.
For girls, I wonāt add a name to my list unless I can picture a girl with that name running and dancing through a meadow of wildflowers. Itās super weird, I know. For that reason, I associate most of my girls names with spring. (Colors like pastel yellow, spring green, lavender and light, rosy pink).
For boys, itās the same except theyāre exploring a forest. ([name_u]Forest[/name_u] green, auburn, mustard yellow and sometimes navy blue.)
For Girls most of my baby names scream yellow to me, probably because they are all so cheerful. [name_f]My[/name_f] boys names make me think of reds, blues, yellows, and greens
I donāt necessarily see colours but I do get some imagery - almost like snapshots? I guess I see them as little poloroid photos
[name_f]My[/name_f] best examples would be;
[name_f]Stephanie[/name_f] reminds me of cherry [name_m]Kool[/name_m]-Aid smiles on a front porch, hair in pigtails and wearing pink overalls.
[name_u]Kimberly[/name_u] is a stack of teen movies on VHS tapes beside the tv, a bowl of popcorn and board games at a slumber party.
[name_f]Heather[/name_f] and [name_u]Courtney[/name_u] are going to the mall after school, listening to cassette tapes and sharing a plate of fries while they discuss how to ask their crushes to the school dance.
I typically only get really vivid imagery with names that bring me nostalgia, so I imagine what Iām getting is from things Iāve either already experienced or things Iāve seen earlier in films or on tv or in magazines? [name_m]Hence[/name_m] why I decided to keep with the nostalgic names
From most (but not every) name I get a āfeelā which sort of brings together personality, imagery, and sometimes there are colours or certain pictures associated with that. I donāt necessarily get the same amount of imagery from every name. Often existing associations add to the image of a name, and often a particularly appealing feel can make me fall in love with a name (and vice versa). I like to construct combos based on names with a similar feel, which can be good and bad. Names with a very specific personality can be difficult to match with similar middles that also flow well, whereas I find a more general feel (e.g. fun, energetic names) is shared by more names.
I tend to go based on the vibe I get from a name, but associations can definitely affect that vibe ā like, for instance, I like the classy vibe of the name [name_f]Grace[/name_f], but I associate the name with too many mean girls for me to really get a good vibe from the name, despite its meaning and overall feel as a name. ([name_m]Don[/name_m]'t get me wrong, I can see the appeal of it and this is nothing against anyone with this name or who likes this name. [name_m]Just[/name_m] my personal experience.)
Some names just conjure up a feeling thatās just inescapable for me. E.g. [name_f]Eliana[/name_f] feels like early morning after a summer rainstorm. I canāt shake a feeling like that, so hearing or seeing the name is attached to the sounds, colors, scents, etc. surrounding that imagery, if that makes sense. (Sounds a little crazy, Iām sure! )
Thatās not crazy at all @elanorelle! Funnily enough, I get similar imagery from [name_u]Elliot[/name_u], which is why I paired it with [name_u]Storm[/name_u]! What a crazy coincidence!
I get both with names! Some names are just a color- like [name_u]Elliot[/name_u]. But to me, [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] is twilight, [name_f]Faye[/name_f] is a spring meadow, and [name_f]Abigail[/name_f] is red autumn leaves falling.
I think thatās part of why I like certain names- [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f], for example, doesnāt really seem like my style, but I love the imagery.
Other things: Of course, I get āvibesā from names, like just about everyone. And there are names I associate with colors, and names I associate with images. But sometimes I associate names with other things like textures or feelings. [name_f]Madelief[/name_f] is crisp to me (itās also red), while [name_u]Theo[/name_u] is like dark silk (sometimes, itās other colors, but [name_u]Theo[/name_u] [name_u]Night[/name_u] makes it dark). Thatās another thing- [name_u]Theo[/name_u] can also be like dark green corduroy or dark red, but the combos adjust it.
I also envision people with names- [name_f]Thessaly[/name_f] [name_f]Fern[/name_f] wears corduroy overalls that are green, and [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] is shy and soft.