Rainbows in my ears - Synesthetic color perception with
partial-reduced and morphed musical instrument timbres
Christoph Reuter1, Jörg Jewanski1, Sarah Ambros1, Isabella Czedik-Eysenberg1, Saleh Siddiq1, Solange Glasser2, Jamie Ward3

1 SInES (Space for Interdisciplinary Experiments on Sound), University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2 Music Psychology Department, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, Melbourne, Australia
3 School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom

Perceived color RGB values in partial-reduced sounds:
(sound on mouseover)

Changes in perceived RGB values of the timbre-induced color perception in synesthetes and non-synesthetes with the number of reduced partials.



French Horn, reduced partials: 10 Oboe, reduced partials: 9 Violin, reduced partials: 8 Flute, reduced partials: 7 Violin, reduced partials: 6 Flute, reduced partials: 5 Violin, reduced partials: 4 Violin, reduced partials: 3 Violin, reduced partials: 2 Piano, reduced partials: 1 Violin, original Oboe, reduced partials: 10 French Horn, reduced partials: 9 Piano, reduced partials: 8 French Horn, reduced partials: 7 Piano, reduced partials: 6 French Horn, reduced partials: 5 Piano, reduced partials: 4 Piano, reduced partials: 3 Piano, reduced partials: 2 Violin, reduced partials: 1 Piano, original Piano, reduced partials: 10 Flute, reduced partials: 9 Oboe, reduced partials: 8 Oboe, reduced partials: 7 Oboe, reduced partials: 6 Oboe, reduced partials: 5 Oboe, reduced partials: 4 Oboe, reduced partials: 3 Oboe, reduced partials: 2 Oboe, reduced partials: 1 Oboe, original Violin, reduced partials: 10 Violin, reduced partials: 9 French Horn, reduced partials: 8 Piano, reduced partials: 7 French Horn, reduced partials: 6 Violin, reduced partials: 5 French Horn, reduced partials: 4 French Horn, reduced partials: 3 French Horn, reduced partials: 2 Flute, reduced partials: 1 French Horn, original Flute, reduced partials: 10 Piano, reduced partials: 9 Flute, reduced partials: 8 Violin, reduced partials: 7 Flute, reduced partials: 6 Piano, reduced partials: 5 Flute, reduced partials: 4 Flute, reduced partials: 3 Flute, reduced partials: 2 French Horn, reduced partials: 1 Flute, original