Synaesthesia to me is a very interesting field of study. It's difficult to read all about it and not go in depth about it's intricacies. To see colours actually projected on surfaces all around while you hear some sound is what most visual artists might want to do. However, even though the results for each person remains the same all the time, it differs from person to person. The colours might change for the same sound to some other Synaesthetic.
According to a famous composer who was also a Synaesthete, Alexander Scriabin all his keys could be coloured. Scriabin’s colour scale was arbitrary and personal, beginning with Red to represent the pitch C. Listed below are a set of keys he associated with colour.
F = Diversity of Will, Deep Red
B flat = Lust or Passion, Rose or Steel
E flat = Humanity, Flesh (glint of Steel)
A flat = Movement of Spirit into Matter, Violet or Lilac
D flat/C sharp = Will of the Creative Spirit, Violet or Purple
F sharp = Creativity, Bright Blue or Violet
C flat/B = Contemplation, Blue or Pearly Blue
E = Dream, sky Blue (Moonshine or Frost)
A = Matter, Green
D = Joy, Yellow
G = Creative play, Orange
C = will of Human, Red (intense)
The 20th century composer Olivier Messiaen had synaesthesia. He would often confuse the musicians he was conducting by giving directions such as "play this section a bit more brown".
There have been recorded incidents such as these. But unless you are a synaesthetic, it's hard to figure out what exactly you would see and how.
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