Let me colour your names!

General Name Discussion
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Thought this might be fun!
I think of the alphabet in colour, each letter having it’s own particular shade or tint, and sometimes texture. This doesn’t translate over to regular words, but I’ve found that it does for names! I’ve always had very strong mental imagery when it comes to names, and this tends to come from the colour of it’s letters combining to form a colour of the name.

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Some letters of the alphabet have a very strong colour (for example A, which is bright red, or F, which is pale pink.) These letters are overpowering and if a name prominently features any of these letters, their colour tends to erase all the other letters in a name. For example, my best friends name, [name_f]Aviva[/name_f], is a deep velvety red like a theatre curtain, and the two Vs add almost nothing to the colour of the name.

Some letters do not have colours to me, such as Y, U, X, and Q. In a name, they sometimes have colour, but it’s always pale, like a white or watery pink, or something like that.
Sometimes the colours have to do with the meaning or association of the name it self (I have trouble seeing [name_f]Scarlet[/name_f] in anything but red,) but most of the time it’s random.

So, if you’d like to hear the colour of your names, post maybe two or three per person. I’d love to hear how your perception of the name differs from mine, or is similar to mine too!
Enjoy!

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I’d like to see [name_f]Ines[/name_f], [name_f]Lotta[/name_f] and [name_f]Louisa[/name_f]!
Thanks in advance :two_hearts:

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This is really cool. I’d love to hear your colours for [name_f]Talulla[/name_f], [name_f]Ailsa[/name_f] and [name_f]Marsaili[/name_f], please!

[name_f]My[/name_f] colours

[name_f]Talulla[/name_f] is a fresh lime green.
[name_f]Ailsa[/name_f] is a deep pink, like crushed berries.
[name_f]Marsaili[/name_f] is a purpley blue, like a violet flower.

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I’d love to hear how you see/experience [name_f]Marianne[/name_f] and [name_m]Elouan[/name_m], please.

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@rosefairiie

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[name_f]Ines[/name_f]: If you are pronouncing it ee-nEs, then it’s a pale sunny yellow like the inside of a lemon. If you pronounce it ee-nEz, then it has a brighter tint, like buttercups and daffodils.

[name_f]Lotta[/name_f]: A pale pink, blush coloured name with a hint of red like a bright lipstick. Like a lacy Valentine’s day card.

[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]: The colours for this name are cream and buttery pale yellow, and it has sort of a vinyl wallpaper texture to it.

@floatinthesky

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[name_f]Talulla[/name_f]: This is a beaming, bright, bouncy orange colour, and smooth texture like wet paint of nail polish.

[name_f]Ailsa[/name_f]: A watery, pale red, with flashes of silver.

[name_f]Marsaili[/name_f]: Deep, midnight purple, like a silky wizards cloak with gold seams. A very royal, kingly name.

[name_m]Just[/name_m] looked at your colours. Interesting that [name_f]Marsaili[/name_f] and [name_f]Ailsa[/name_f] are sort of similar, but [name_f]Talulla[/name_f] is so different!!

@EdgeOfTheMeadow

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[name_f]Marianne[/name_f]: [name_f]Marianne[/name_f] is exactly the colour of raspberry jam, with the crinkly texture of book pages.

[name_m]Elouan[/name_m]: Silvery, pale, oceany blue like a clear lake with flashes from a minnow’s belly

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Wow, this is so cool! How to you picture [name_f]Ayanna[/name_f], [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] and [name_u]Zuri[/name_u]?

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What a lovely idea.

Could you do Eshkol, [name_m]Zalman[/name_m] and [name_f]Tomine[/name_f] for me please?

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@smileymiley

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[name_f]Ayanna[/name_f]: Sweet, salmon pink with veins of light red and gold.

[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]: To me, this name is a pale, lime green, like a fresh plant shoot with a zip of sunny yellow like a lemon rind.

[name_u]Zuri[/name_u]: [name_u]Bright[/name_u], electric, sky blue, and the texture is hard and shiny like the roof of a car.

@Rosebeth

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Eshkol: From this one I’m getting snowy, icy blue vibes. Kind of a mixture of colours. Soft, flurries of white, a frozen pale blue glint, and undertones of grey and even some black flakes, like ashes.

[name_m]Zalman[/name_m]: This is sleek, and a cyan/aquamarine colour.

[name_f]Tomine[/name_f]: [name_f]Tomine[/name_f] is earthy, kind of like the orangey brown colour of clay, with a glitter of amber.

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This is such a cool idea!

I’d love to see the colors you choose for [name_u]Hazel[/name_u], [name_f]Caroline[/name_f], [name_u]Sean[/name_u] & [name_u]Henry[/name_u]?

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@BabyNameOpinions

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[name_u]Hazel[/name_u]: [name_u]Stormy[/name_u] grey and pale lavender with a billowy yet crackly texture.

[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]: A pale, white gold and dark gold mix like dry wheat baking in the sun.

[name_u]Sean[/name_u]: Mustard yellow flecked with white.

[name_u]Henry[/name_u]: [name_m]Just[/name_m] like a light chocolate brown wool with threads of dark red and a bit of forest green. It’s even got a sort of scratchy, warm texture.

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This is super fun and cool! I have a similar colour-thing, perhaps that’s why I like names that much😊

Could you please colour [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f], [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f], [name_f]Claudia[/name_f], [name_f]Victoria[/name_f] and [name_f]Odette[/name_f] (or just one of these, if it got a bit much :smiling_face:) ? :blush:

I see them as

Summary

[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] - lilacy purple
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] - sunny yellow
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] - foresty green
[name_f]Claudia[/name_f] - lighter almost pistachio green with hints of sunny yellow and limey green
[name_f]Odette[/name_f] - White and pearlescent pink
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f] - emerald green

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Oh my god I love those! Would you have time to do some more? [name_f]Isla[/name_f], [name_u]Jack[/name_u], [name_f]Zara[/name_f]?
Thank you!

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@Parfait_de_Roses

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(I’ll do these before I look at your colours.)

[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]: White and silky like a wedding dress, with a tint of pale, purple orchid

[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]: [name_u]Sky[/name_u] blue, soft, with a cold feeling (kind of like wind, if that makes sense.)

[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]: [name_u]Sunny[/name_u], but with a more mellow tone then bright yellow. More watery and golden, like sunshine through trees, and how it looks on a dark green leaf. Like honey.

[name_f]Claudia[/name_f]: A bright jumble of colour, but mainly bright orange, fuchsia, and red, like a bunch of flowers or a splatter painting.

[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]: [name_u]Silver[/name_u], shiny, hard, like metal, with a glint of metallic purple.

[name_f]Odette[/name_f]: Pale pink like ballet slippers with pearly white

Wow, just looked at your colouring of the names, [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] and [name_f]Odette[/name_f] are almost identical, and [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] is almost similar, but [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Claudia[/name_f], and [name_f]Victoria[/name_f] are completely different! Interesting!

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Omg, I loooovelovelove this! You just made me adore these names even more! You write so incredibly beautifully! This colouring thing is super interesting! :star_struck::star_struck: Thank you so much! :sunny::sunny::sunny:

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@BabyNameOpinions

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[name_f]Zara[/name_f]: Roses, lipstick, and bright red nail polish are the colours of [name_f]Zara[/name_f]. She’s a zippy crimson!

[name_f]Isla[/name_f]: Soft, fluffy, baby blue, and pale beige. A shifting, soft texture.

[name_u]Jack[/name_u]: A burnt sienna like dark sandstone, clay powder or a Robin’s breast.

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This is so amazing to me! Unfortunately, I don’t have as creative a vision so colors don’t come to mind for me with any names.

One last one if you don’t mind? [name_u]Harry[/name_u]?

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@BabyNameOpinions

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No problem!!
[name_u]Harry[/name_u]: Sort of similar to [name_u]Henry[/name_u] (as the spelling is very close.) It’s also a brown, but a lighter colour. The mixture of the inside and the outside of an almond, with red lines. Texture is like a big wool sweater.

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Things like this always fascinate me! I only ever associate colours with names if there’s an obvious colour connection.

I’d love to see [name_f]Melissa[/name_f], [name_f]Lena[/name_f] (pron. LEN-ah) & [name_f]Astrid[/name_f] please!

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@spiderfish

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[name_f]Melissa[/name_f]: [name_f]Melissa[/name_f] is a lavender honey colour. Blueish grey swirled with deep molten gold, and twirling away like smoke. Wispy and pale.

[name_f]Lena[/name_f]: Murky, dark green like moss at the edge of a marsh, with shiny spots like shards of glass.

[name_f]Astrid[/name_f]: [name_u]Flame[/name_u] like. Flickering orange, red and pale gold. Sparky and hot, with a feel of hard, splintery wood.

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I’d love to hear how you see [name_u]Max[/name_u] & [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]!