People with a disorder called Synaesthesia have been known to see sounds since long. Every colour that they see comes with a sound and vice-versa. For them every colour has an emotion and meaning. For example, quite a few synaesthetes see red when the doorbell rings. Few famous Synaesthetes who have created brilliant works of arts through sound were Russian painter Wassilly Kandinsky (1866-1944) and electronic music composer Richard D. James( (1971-to present). Contrasting Sounds and Yellow, Red Blue (Kandinsky, 1924, 1925) are both examples of what he saw through sound.
"I saw all my colours in spirit, before my eyes. Wild, almost crazy lines were sketched in front of me." - Kandinsky
Kandinsky was a very well known artist who also was a synesthete. He saw music through forms, colours and shapes. Kandinsky was describing his experience of a condition called tone-colour synesthesia, in which sounds elicit visual sensations. In his paintings, Kandinsky tried to evoke the visual equivalent of a symphony.
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