“Sight” or "vision" can generally only be considered an inducer of synesthesia when it refers to certain specific concepts that can be visually perceived.
Basically,
the following concepts can trigger a synesthetic concurrent through sight:
. Colours
. Shapes (geometric figures, etc.)
. Items in a sequence, when perceived visually (for example looking at the different chess pieces might evoke a colour association for each one)
. Graphemes and printed words
. Movement (of people, animals, objects or machines, and also motion observed in GIFs, videos, etc.)
. Physical contact (hitting, stroking, etc., in the case of mirror touch)
. People (in personality-colour, person-colour and perceved emotion-to-colour synesthesia)
What probably gives rise to the synesthetic response in all these cases is the concept of what is seen rather than sight or vision in itself or as a sense (which ties in with the notion of ideasthesia).
Go back to the Synesthesia Finder to choose a more specific visual trigger
This page last updated: 24 December 2021
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