Thanks wildcat, synaesthesia is fascinating. found this site with online self-testing for synaesthesia.

I seem to remember one of our fellow clippers (female I think) having a big interest in this...

A black, E white, I red, U green, O blue: vowels,
I shall tell, one day, of your mysterious origins:
A, black velvety jacket of brilliant flies
which buzz around cruel smells,

Gulfs of shadow; E, whiteness of vapours and of tents,
lances of proud glaciers, white kings, shivers of cow-parsley;
I, purples, spat blood, smile of beautiful lips
in anger or in the raptures of penitence;

U, waves, divine shudderings of viridian seas,
the peace of pastures dotted with animals, the peace of the furrows
which alchemy prints on broad studious foreheads;

Arthur Rimbaud

http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/36D88D40-F32E-48AD-9530-0AC8D186AC59/

Heh, heh.

here's the clip I was remembering,,,

http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/C0F9EBDC-0F61-44E4-B651-DF9F77A902C8/