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So do you experience both yellow and orange simultaneously when you see 3? Are they juxtaposed, mixed together, or in completely separate visual spaces?

I do experience multiple colors for certain things, but they are either in the form of a texture/gradient or dependent upon context. For instance, a "C" in a chemical formula is different from in a word.

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Not simultaneously. One or the other, and I think it depends on context, especially if one comes after the other. Together with 3, 7 is almost always orange, but alone it can be yellow. 3 is orange on its own sometimes.

And orange here is more like butterscotch the flavor than it is the color. Gah, no wonder I trained myself out of it.

I envy those who have a 1-to-1 mapping of sensation to concept. For me it is just a big ol' inchoate mélange.

Do you enjoy it?

I'm not sure "enjoy" is the right word, but it's what I've known all my life, so when it's gone (happens sometimes when I'm depressed) it's kind of disconcerting. It's almost like turning off one of your senses.

I also see sound, and it constitutes roughly half of the stimulus I receive from music. Though it can be a bit annoying in noisy places when it can get distracting.

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