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Can you hear a colour?

Synaesthesia from the inside.

Show: Brain Candy
Host: Priya Raman
Released: Aug 22, 2026
Length: 1 min

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For some people a C major chord is yellow. Priya meets three synaesthetes and asks them to describe a song.

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00:00 — What synaesthesia is
12:00 — A song in colours
22:15 — Can you learn it?

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