“Synesthesia is an intriguing phenomena which a single stimulus triggers the occurrence of one or more additional experience” (Rich). The term synesthesia is a combination of the Greek “syn” meaning joining and “aisthesis” meaning sensation (Mikus). Which ,as the quote above describes, is a literal definition for synesthesia, a combination of different sensations or additional stimuli. It is important to point out that synesthesia is most prevalently seen among those who have been experiencing this combination of sensations from a very early age and most times have never even heard of synesthesia, let alone that there are others who have experienced the same things. Synesthesia is a medical and psychological anomaly that is yet to be completely understood. What makes it even more difficult to work with is that much of the study of it is done introspectively. The varying types of synesthesia also make it difficult to pinpoint in patients. The…show more content… A study done by V.S. Ramachandran and E.M. Hubbard investigated several questions that many people had about grapheme. It showed that there were different factors that affected the color of the characters, such as: upper or lower casing, font, and “wrong” coloration. When the letters were lowercase they appeared less saturated or considered “shiny” or “patch” to the synesthete, with only a few exceptions. Regular serif fonts like Times New Roman, Arial, as well as a few odd fonts produce more vivid colors. Most interesting among the changes that were made to the characters were when the characters were given a color that did not coincide with the colors that the synesthetes were most commonly known to give to it. They used numbers and when the incorrect color was attached to the number it caused the synesthete to have difficulty recognizing the “correct” color as well as a visual discomfort (Ramachandran et
